Tuesday, August 18
Temperature: High 68°F / Low 65°F
Conditions: Overcast with a breeze
Distance Walked: 18.2k
Experiences of the Day
Dave from NLBM drove us down to Elliot's General Store promptly at 8am. We all oohed and ahhed over the food at Elliott's. What a great little store. They have a little bit of everything. We made our purchases and headed out the door. It was a comfortable morning of walking, clouds and not too much humidity.
At one point I saw a large "loose gravel" sign that had been knocked over. I picked it up over my head in jest: look what I found, won't this be a great souvenir? What I didn't realize is that like a million ants were on that sign and soon enough were all over my entire body! There I was throwing my pack off into the middle of the road ripping my shirt off and trying to get ants off my body, out of my hair, off my clothes, and off of my pack! Ten minutes later, all was good. But that sure taught me to think twice about what I pick up on the side of the road!
We had a wonderful tour of the lighthouse from Ruthie. She was extremely detailed and we learned a lot about the history of the lighthouse. Interestingly, the lighthouse location was incorrect on the original map and there were lots of shipwrecks. To remedy the situation, rather than reprinting the maps, they moved the lighthouse to match the map!
Back at our motel, I took a ride over to the North Lake Harbor, which is the bluefin tuna capital of the world. A boat came in with three tunas and I watched them lifted off of the boat and then processed and weighed. A chainsaw is used to remove the tail, fin, and head; the guts are all blown out the mouth after slitting the underside and inserting a water hose while still at sea. The tuna all have tags on them; these tuna were a little smaller than some caught in the past. As it turns out, the smaller ones swim up from North Carolina; the really big tuna come from Spain. Apparently the water is warming up and the big tuna are moving further north.
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| Road walking on Rte 16 |
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| We are now official "Tip to Tip" completers! |
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| Our tour guide Ruthie |
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| LED lights are now used in the lighthouse. |
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| View of the Gulf of St Lawrence from the easternmost point on PEI. |
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| A very steep ladder in the lighthouse! |
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| Rte 16 |
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| Preparing to unload the tuna. |
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| Weighing the tuna; it will be shipped on ice to Japan. |
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| Day 23: Bothwell to North Lake, 18.2k |
Meals & Accommodation
- Breakfast: Yogurt, blue berries, banana with peanut butter, coffee
- Lunch: Beef/cheese sticks and rolls from Harbourview Training Center Bakery (super delish!)
- Dinner: Black beans, freeze dried Mexican rice with chicken, large bell peppers, pistachios, pretzels and cider.
- Dessert @ North Lake Boathouse Eatery: Apple pie (Lynn), Date Bar (Therese)
