Final Day on Prince Edward Island

Sunday, May 20, 2018--Summerside, PEI

Last night we explored Summerside.  It's not much of a city.  We did find it has a downtown although a mostly dead one.  We walked that, then we drove around seeing all the beautiful historic houses near there.  It must have been a rich town at one time. 

We didn't see a restaurant where we wanted to eat, so we stopped at a supermarket and bought a frozen lasagna before returning to the motel.  We heated it in the microwave, then we had some of a cake we had bought a few days ago.  It was a nice evening just relaxing in the room.

The visit to PEI has gone faster than we expected due to nothing being very far from anywhere else, so today was somewhat of an extra day in terms of seeing sights.  That worked out fine though.  The forecast was for rain in the afternoon meaning there were only a few hours for seeing anything anyway.  We drove northwest of Sunnyside to visit a rural area we had planned to skip.  Then when it started raining around 12:30, we headed back south arriving at the hotel around 1:30. 

On the drive, we mostly just stayed in the car seeing the views of the countryside and the coastal areas.  We did stop to see the church in Miscouche while people were just starting to arrive for Sunday services.  A few people were inside, and they had set up food (apparently originally intended for a picnic after the service) in the back of the sanctuary due to the expected rain.  We saw the church and then left laughing and asking each other if we thought they were guarding the food out of fear that we might start eating!

Later, we pulled off to see the small port at Miminegash, explored Judes Point, were excited to find Alberton (another town with a TRUE downtown), and then headed straight back toward the motel from there as the rain started.

The rain, as forecast, ended around 15:00, and the skies slowly started getting brighter and brighter.  We have plans for the evening, but we are just staying in the room this afternoon relaxing.  I'll write about tonight's adventure tomorrow.