PEI BIKE TRIP - DAY NINE

Day 9 - Souris

This morning started out slow, we enjoyed the light breakfast at our motel before heading into the town of Souris around noon. After Tina and Katelyn raving about The Fiddling Fisherman last night, we thought the four of us could go back for lunch. The motel owners advised us that the mosquitos are exceptionally bad this week, there was some sort of hatch that happened due to low tides and warm weather so we loaded up with bug spray and made our way the 3km walk into town. Within minutes we were swarmed by mosquitos making the walk challenging for us wearing shorts and tank tops but we were determined. The restaurant hadn’t opened for the day by the time we walked past so we opted to walk a bit further to where the little shops were. The mosquitos were slightly more manageable with the cool ocean breeze. We shopped around before heading back to the restaurant. Much to our dismay, when we arrived there was a sign out front that they were closed for a private function. So now we were hungry and welted with bites - we didn’t have the energy to go back to the little shops so we settled to rush back to the motel and relax.

Around 3:15pm our driver arrived to take us to The Inn at Bay Fortune, we were there to have the famous fireworks feast put on by Chef Michael Smith. The grounds were absolutely beautiful. We started the evening with a farm tour, where the head farmer Kevin showed us the grounds and talked about sustainable farming on PEI, we then had a cocktail/happy hour where the chefs provided us with light bites and fabulous cocktails! At 6pm we sat down at long feast tables and the dinner began! It was a 5 course meal which started with a bread tree, followed by a soup course, salad, meat and veggies as well as a dessert. Kiara was able to have a fully gluten free dinner!

The night was complete with homemade fire roasted marshmallows, and Kiara was lucky enough to receive the menu for the evening from the chef! She was so thrilled! This was a great way to celebrate completing our bike trip and spending girl time together!Read more