Day 5: Summerside PE - Charlottetown PE

KM Driven: 266.0
Location: Canada's Best Value Inn & Suites

As I drove in Charlottetown this afternoon I knew I had to find a place to stay fast because I was crashing. I had all intentions of sitting down and writing my standard post, but when I found out that my camera was set on Manual and I ruined a whole set of photos I shut down and just hit the bed. It's now ridiculous o'clock AM but I've already had close to 6 hours of sleep. I might go back down for a quick nap before breakfast.

I'm really kicking myself for blowing those photo opportunities. It's probably going to rain tomorrow so who knows if it's worth my while to circle back. I could get it all again in less than 2 hours, but I'm still just steamed over the whole thing. I was going to head downtown today to hit up a restaurant and get some mussels but when my alarm went off I just turned it off and chose sleep instead. I'm going to do lunch tomorrow instead, then maybe loop back for some photos. Maybe not, I'm not sure yet.

Well, I didn't travel far in terms of point A to B, but I took the extended route for sure. My first trip was back along the red shores to take a picture of this really awesome looking church. It stood out from anything else I have seen on the island. Of course that was one of the pictures I screwed with manual settings. Then I pulled off down a side street to take a few pictures of the red shoreline. Again, lost those. I also stopped in at a stop along the way with several small houses made completely out of bottles. From the outside it looks weird because all you see is the bottom side of hundreds of bottles, held together with cement. But then on the inside you see all the necks of all the bottles, it's wild. And then I stopped at this book store called Grumpy Old Men Books. I couldn't find anything I was interested in, but then this woman went into how her and her husband use the bookstore to pay for their heart medications, so I couldn't leave without getting abook or two. They were only $1.00 each, but it was better than nothing. Then I took off in the direction of a few places the hotel clerk from last night circled. I kind of couldn't find my way to the fist destination so I circled back along the Northern shore. I drove past this Alpaca farm, and I almost didn't turn around but the sign said "Visitors Always Welcome" so I just had to stop. The woman had just moved to PEI from Hamilton. She lost her oldest daughter three years ago, and needed to make a life change. So she gave me a tour of all of the animals, and gave me a history of her Alpacas, and just talked to me for the longest time. I ended up buying some really soft Alpaca wool socks. Fantastic. The last part of the day was a drive up along the central Northern shore, and into the PEI Provincial Park at Cavendish. The sands were really beautiful. I also stopped into Green Gables, but I couldn't stand the thought of paying money for something I wasn't even that interested in.

It's Friday morning now, and the rain is pouring down. My original plan was to hit a few Eastern points and then cross back to Nova Scotia. I don't know what to do anymore. I need to regroup and reinject a certain level of energy into this trip. Maybe some sunshine would help.

Jout.