PEI West Coast 8/10 and 8/11

On Tuesday the 10th we biked to the Confederation Trail's end at Tignish, a 30-miler R/T (48 km), which was fun, except there was no "end." No sign, no station, no nothing. We biked to an historic brick building thinking it might be the station, but it was a Canada Post (office). The old station had been torn down and the trail signs ripped out. So, phooey, we biked to a bakery and bought energy drinks and homemade cookies, sat outside in the shade of a tree and savored our snack.

 

Beginning the bike ride from Alberton to Tignish

 

Jimmy at the world's largest mailbox! Eh?

On Wednesday the 11th, we drove to the West Point Lighthouse and wind farm. Toured the wind interpretive centre, and then went outside to gape at all the different wind turbines. Again, gray seals were abundant around the lighthouse waters, along with Bonaparte's Gulls, Great Black-backed Gulls, Ring-billed Gulls, Herring Gulls, Black Guillemots and Eider ducks. We wanted to walk out onto the mile-long reef where all these critters were basking, which can be done at low tide, but the tide was up and swimming here was OUT of the question!

 

Walking the waterline where the West Point Lighthouse and wind farm are.

 

When we checked at a local fisherman's port to see what they were catching, a very nice fisherman gave us three mackerel fresh off the boat for our supper. I pan fried them and they were actually pretty good.

After an enjoyable week on PEI, we're leaving in the morning ....