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Single Older Woman – East Coast, Parks Canada, Outings #13

July 2022

Having discovered from my Parks Canada brochure, that PEI was home to several National Parks, I decided to visit a few of them today. I am blessed with yet another glorious warm, blue sky kinda day, with a slight breeze in the air.

I had lunch booked at #DalvaybytheSea, a National Historic Site. This was a private residence belonging to the MacDonald family and dates back to the late 1890’s

While I sat by a window to enjoy the sunshine and calm waters of the pond, I was impressed by the quality of the wooden beams and stone work surrounding me in the restaurant. I knew I had to take a few pics, if only to show my dad, who would thoroughly enjoy the handiwork and craftsmanship.

After lunch, I took a stroll along the grounds and made my way back to the car, to continue my days long exploration of this part of PEI.

I eventually made my way to PEI National Park, Greenwich Park and walked along a few of the pathways adjacent to St. Peter’s Bay.

The last leg of today’s adventures would take me to the East Point Lighthouse, at the most eastern point of PEI. But first, a quick pit stop, some fruit and nuts to fuel and then on my way.

The drive took about an hour, easy travelling, along 16 east, with the Gulf of St. Lawrence in view on my side of the car. With map in hand, I discovered that at this point, the Gulf of St. Lawrence flows into the Northumberland Strait, which then flows into the Atlantic ocean – a geography lesson for me.

I made my way back to Souris, visited their local lighthouse and went in search of some dinner.

I was able to visit 2 more National Parks and a few more lighthouses. Another glorious day with new memories and adventures to look back on.

Thank you for reading and letting me share.

Stay tuned.

Joye

Single Older Woman – Cdn Vacations – East Coast 2022 – planning, part 2

May 2022

The duration of this adventure would be 17 days – starting on the Sunday with the overnight train ride to Truro, NS and ending in Kingston on Wed. Aug 3 before heading home on the train and the bus. Within the 17 days, I would take a trip on a ferry, that I had never done before, I would get up in the saddle again, after 30 years, I would conquer one more beach and I would explore more of the beauty and natural sites in these 2 provinces. Instead of flying back to Ontario, I once again would board the Via for the return trip to Ottawa.

All in all, these short 8 days would be filled with a host of interesting activities and excursions and swimming, eating, driving, wine consumption and sleeping etc.

Following are some of the activities I planned for, based on the myriad of options from all my travel/tourist brochures:

Day 1 – arrival late afternoon, in Truro, check in at hotel, dinner, swim in the pool,

Day 2 – travel day from one province, Nova Scotia to another, Prince Edward Island, by way of rental car and ferry across the Northumberland Strait (a mere 90 minute sailing ). Then an hours long drive to my motel, Lighthouse Beach and Motel, in Souris. My home for 3 days.

Day 3 – While here, I planned to have lunch at Dalvay by the Sea, a National Historic Site recognized by Parks Canada, perhaps a visit or two to some local Lighthouses, a stroll through Greenwich Park, PEI National Park, #PARKSCANADA,

Day 4 -a local touristy day in Souris and a swim or two, at Sheep Pond Beach, a 5 minute drive from the motel.

Day 5 – travel day back to Nova Scotia by way of Ferry, with a stop in to New Glasgow, NS to check out the Roseland Theatre, #ViolaDesmond.

Day 6 – I booked a horse trail ride in Parrsboro and would stop in to the Fundy Geological Museum, there too.

Day 7 – a day spent on Cape Breton Island, to visit the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site and maybe a few waterfalls, that I found from my brochure research.

Day 8 – today would be the day to swim at Martinique Beach! Followed by dinner at a local sit down restaurant.

Day 9 – my final day in Nova Scotia – a day to play the local tourist and explore all the beauty and sights in Truro.

Day 10 – cab ride to the train station for the overnight trip to Ottawa and the next part of my adventure- a 6 day river cruise along the St. Lawrence River from Ottawa to Kingston, Ontario.

Thank you for reading and for letting me share.

Come back again, would you? More stories to follow on all my experiences from this fabulous 3 week adventure.

Joye