Day Fifty Nine
The morning ritual consists of a 5:00am waterworks show from the puppies outside the RV. This morning was no different, you are woken with the rattle of dog collars as they do their best to shake off the sleep. If you chose to ignore the collar shake, they will up the anti with the paw against the door, causing it to rattle, similar to a cup run across jail cell bars in a old prison movie.
I actually enjoy walking the dogs first thing in the morning. At that time, the campground is still sound asleep. The grass is covered by an early morning dew, and the birds are doing their best to serenade you. it’s a great way to start the day
Today was expected to be hot, with possible thunder showers in the afternoon. Both pups are no fans of the thunder, so it was going to be a travel day for them. Our destination today is North Cape, then down to West Point on the west side of the island; with a few stops in between.
By the time we hit the road, it was was close to ten. Our first stop was the little town of Summerside. This town is forty five minutes northwest from the campground, and is said to have an amazing pier with lots of Artisan stores……. Hmmmm… I wonder who found this location….
It was hard to believe that the weather forecast was calling for rain in the afternoon. There was not a cloud was in the sky, and the temperature was pushing into the mid twenties. Along the shoreline, Summerside had a beautiful park. We stopped for picnic and took in the scenery. I tried to launch my drone for a better view of the area, but found myself locked out, I figured the airport must be really close.
After lunch we continued our journey northwest to the town of O’Leary, home of the Canadian Potato Museum. We stopped for a washroom break, and snapped a few photos of the giant potato outside. The day was getting to warm to leave the pups in the truck, and had to pass on the museum.
Heading out of town, we set our GPS to North Cape, the upper part of the island on this side. Shortly into the drive, we were alerted to a thunderstorm warning for our area on our phones, looking north you could certainly see the clouds forming. We continued on our journey and reached the North Cape by mid afternoon. The storm clouds were getting bigger, and we made our visit short.
From here it was a ninety minute drive to West Point. The heart of the storm clouds where running along the west side of the coast; right along the path we needed to take. Knowing we won’t be back to PEI anytime in the near future, we decided to continue down the west coast. By the time we reached the highway that runs down the coast, the storm had passed over and was headed east towards Charlottetown. We reached West Point unscathed and explored the area. The time was pushing into late afternoon and we still had a ninety minute drive back to the KOA, putting us close to six for arrival. I plugged our temporary home into the GPS and set off for the day.
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