Day 5, Summerside

So today was a non-ride day. The wind blew like crazy overnight, whistling through my open window and cooling down the room. And the call was for something like 30 mm of rain today. During breakfast, it began to rain, then there was a large parch of blue sky, then it rained and blew again. And the wind would have been in our faces. So a hasty colloquy was held and we all got in the car. On to Summerside! Hurricane Leslie be damned.

A brief stop at a large church on the way, in the middle of nowhere, and now a cultural centre.


Then to the city. But we were plagued by the same malady: after Labour Day, many things are closed. Including the Visitor's Centre, which proclaims itself to be open 9-7, seven days a week! And the liquor store, which was sorely needed.

But all was forgiven when we found a good coffee shop with an intact Globe and Mail in its rack. We had some caffeine, then set out to find a motel. We don't recommend the Mulberry Motel, which sounds good, but has the odour of rotting mulberries, and offers to give you a room without taxes if you pay under the table. But the Willowgreen Farm B & B is just fine, as long as you ignore the Christian messages liberally spread about.

We will have some more seafood tonight, and try again tomorrow, but the forecast is not hopeful. Lots of rain, and little sun.


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Location:Summerside, PEI