It’s become a tradition for me to find time in our trip itineraries to book a massage for Amanda, and this trip was no exception. I found a home-based salon along Prince Edward Island’s northern shore, and scheduled the massage to be a part of our Thursday agenda. Gee Gee kept Eilidh company, while Noah and Emmie joined me to take Amanda to the salon before running some errands.
This modest sign marked the long driveway to Serenity Salon, Amanda’s morning destination.
While Amanda was relaxing, Noah, Emmie, and I made the familiar drive to Charlottetown. We first stopped by the Atlantic Superstore to use their in-store Canada Post office and pickup snacks (Mentos) for the kids. We then made the short jaunt downtown to the downtown mall to pickup an art print we eyed on our Tuesday visit.
The Canada Post workers were very helpful in packing, labeling, and sending our packages.
Amanda shows off the art print we chose as our official Prince Edward Island souvenir.
For lunch, we returned to the nearby Blue Mussel Cafe. Amanda and Gee Gee split the excellent lobster dip, accompanied with Caesar salads. I ordered a bowl of seafood chowder for a final time on the island. Noah and Emmie ordered hot dogs from the kids menu. Noah was so hungry he ordered a second hot dog!
Noah poses with his second hot dog.
Beaches were on the Thursday afternoon agenda, but once again, the weather challenged our plans. The rain had ceased, but combined with 50-degree temperatures, the strong northwesterly winds made the island’s northern beaches extremely cold. Amanda and Gee Gee scoped out a couple of beaches which were deemed too windy; we made a final attempt to visit Brackley Beach in Prince Edward Island National Park but only took quick photos before retreating to the warm van.
After leaving the confines of Prince Edward Island National Park, we stopped at the Great Canadian Soap Company. The shop sells its own goat-milk-based soap with the retail operation directly within the farm property. We didn’t buy any soaps, but Noah and Emmie enjoyed perusing the store to smell each and every scent.
Eilidh even took a turn at smelling the goat milk soap.
An employee at Brackley Beach suggested we’d have better luck at a southern-facing beach. Not wanting to give up on our last full day on the island, we added nearly two hours of driving time to our agenda by inserting Souris Beach into the schedule. Located on Prince Edward Island’s east coast, the beach at Souris is known for its sea glass, something both Amanda and Gee Gee were hoping to find and take home as a souvenir.
The quest for sea glass was successful, with Amanda and Gee Gee each yielding a large handful of pieces. Noah had a blast finding the tiniest shells on the beach. Emmie snagged a few seaside souvenirs also, but her time on the beach was cut somewhat short after aggressive steps in the water resulted in cold and wet leggings.
A portion of Amanda’s sea glass findings.
We drove a few minutes up the shoreline to the town’s lighthouse and posed for a few quick photos. By this point, Noah was hungry again, so we stopped at the nearby Shirley’s Place Take Out where he proceeded to order his third hot dog of the day.
