Points East Coastal Drive

Today's adventure was a drive on the Points East Coastal Drive. We made quite a few stops. First was Montague. We stopped at a very pretty park by the water. There were a number of sculptures in the park. The one most striking to me was done by Abe Waterman. I'm guessing by what the tourist information people told us if you've seen any really good sand sculptures on the internet it's probably his.
We then went to a 'national' historic site for Jean Pierre Roma. It was pretty low key so we walked one of the trails. We really haven't encountered any mosquitoes for the entire trip. We figured out why-they all live at Roma. Anyways, it was a nice little trail that took you down by the water to a hidden beach. At this point I've seen so much water I'm never sure what it is in looking at-river, seaway, bay, ocean, who knows.
We then stopped at Georgetown to have a picnic lunch at the A A MacDonald Memorial Garden. He was from Georgetown and was one of the founding fathers of Confederation. Again very pretty.
We then went to Bay Fortune. That's got it's own separate post.
From there we went to Souris Beach. It was low tide so you could walk quite a ways on the ocean floor.
Then on to the beach at Basin Head Provincial Park. That was a very pretty beach that has areas with both white sand and red sand. People were having a great time jumping off the bridge into the water. There were signs saying not to do this but there was a life guard stationed right there watching and saying nothing. However, he did tell people get off the dunes if they started climbing them. The dunes seem to be highly treasured/protected and that is a good thing.
The last stop was Greenwich which is part of the PEI National Park. The park is just all in chunks. We took a very interesting trail through a forested area, then a clearing that looked towards a bay, then a forested area, then a boardwalk through a fragile area, then on the longest floating dock over what I am calling a bog, then on a very clearly marked path up over a dune to the beach on the Atlantic Ocean. One of the most varied trails I have ever been on. By this time the sun is setting, we didn't make plans for supper and we are now lost looking for a pizza place🙂Les mer