We started the morning with scones and coffee/tea at the former church where we had been for last night’s music performance. The place was bustling and the all female staff was busy keeping up with freshly baked goods constantly being brought out of the kitchen to the display cases to be sold immediately. All this was done with big smiles and conversations with customers.

We met another couple, also from Ontario, and talked about travels and solar panels. The husband works for a company manufacturing solar panels and it was good to pick his brain about systems we’re considering for our house. We’re glad he took his time to help.

We continued on the Green Gables Shore Drive until we arrived at Kensington where a railway previously existed that is featured in the Anne of Green Gables story. The site was designated as one of the Island’s National Historic Sites in 1978 and now features restaurants and artist run shops in the former train station and associated buildings and a parked old train engine nearby.

Next up was the Green Gables Alpacas farm (46.55717N, 63.87413W) where we visited with many of the 35 alpacas that live there. A few could even be fed bits of carrots. We learned about the shearing of their fibres, how it is processed, felt the differences in quality of fibre from different alpacas and finally learned how to spin it into yarn.

Hungry, we drove to Backwoods Burger (46.57662N, 63.92898W) where we each had a two patty Dam burger. It was damn delicious!

With no WIFI available, we were forced to talk to each other… 😀

Our home for tonight is the Jacques Cartier Provincial Park and campground (46.84954N, 64.01306W). The lovely red sandy beach was too inviting to pass up so we took the opportunity to go for a swim.

The lovely red sandy beach and water were still there in the morning, so before showering we had to take a dip. The tide was higher this morning making swimming even more enjoyable.

We always have the goal of driving to where the road ends and today the end of the road was the North Cape. There’s a lighthouse to be found here along with a wind farm and interpretive centre.

To ensure we did go as far as we possibly could, we walked to the end of the spit hoping that the tide wouldn’t rise fast enough to cut us off from the main island.

The jellyfish, on the other hand, was waiting for high tide to get off the rocks.

About a third of Canada’s potato production is from Prince Edward Island, so it seems fitting to have the Canadian Potato Museum (46.70335N, 64.23479W) on the island. Here you will learn about the history of the potato, how it made its journey from the Andes to Europe via the Spanish and British, different diseases potatoes can get, the different varieties that exist, how it is harvested, processed and used.

Initially viewed in Europe as animal feed and food for the poor, it has an extraordinary nutritional value, high in vitamins B and C, iron, calcium, magnesium, sulphur, potassium and trace elements. An average potato packs all of this into only 80 to 100 calories.

The cafe at the museum offers a variety of potato dishes and although we had dinner booked already, we indulged in a baked potato each.

As for the aforementioned dinner, this was at the Village Musical Acadien (46.45392N, 64.07681W) in Abram-Village. What can we say – this is not something you want to miss! We learned of this dinner-show from Karl at the Proud Islander’s show in Stanley Bridge a couple of nights ago and immediately booked tickets online. His wife, Louise Arsenault, plays fiddle and a variety of other instruments together with a band and this evening they were playing at the Village Musical Acadian. The show is entitled Hommage and takes you on a musical journey through Acadia and even into Louisiana. All five musicians were exceptional, playing different instruments throughout the show and even performing in two short skits on Acadian culture.

Dinner consisted of either seafood casserole or Acadian variety, complete with mussels, green salad, bun and dessert. Our table of six had two sets of sisters and we had a wonderful conversation about Prince Edward Island and travel in general.

In 1980 at the age of 66, Edouard T. Arsenault, a fisherman by trade, started collecting bottles from his local community that would otherwise have gone into land fill and started building his Bottle houses in Cap-Egmont (46.40168N, 64.10182W). Today, over 25,000 bottles of various shapes and sizes make up three buildings and the adjoining gardens complement this fantasy world.

In Miscouche, we visited the Acadian Museum (46.43235N, 63.86544N) and learned of the history, struggles and triumphs of the Acadian people from their arrival in what is now Nova Scotia to their deportation by the British in 1755, their movement to PEI and efforts to preserve their language and culture. Several well-known Acadian musicians such as Angele Arsenault were featured.

Our next stop was at Malpeque Fine Iron Products (46.42907N, 63.71171W), the maker of Bug Away, a small stove that produces smoke from burning (smouldering) things like egg cartons. They also produce a variety of ornamental iron work, some of it adorable.

Our home for tonight is Cavendish, which seems more like a tourist town with water park, and various attractions for kids and adults. We did have a beef brisket grilled cheese sandwich at the Moo Moo BBQ Grilled Cheesery which was really good.

The Sunset Campground has 450 sites, many of which are seasonal campers. The internet was good and we used the opportunity to apply all the software updates that were pending.