Mid July, 2019
Staying on Malpaque Bay at a large, but very quiet RV park. Just 10 minutes to Summerside, so we have been to town quiet a bit- groceries, bakery, fish market, farmers’ market, AND Pickleball! There is lots of PB on the island, but mostly during the school year.

 

We went to the College of Piping to a performance of “Highland Storm”- the story of PEI through song, piping, drums, highland dance and step dance. An awesome show!

Finding Pickleball here on PEI! Played outside in Summerside two mornings- 4 courts playing for 3 hours straight. Very welcoming, as all PBers seem to be. And on the East Shore, we played inside at Mt. Stewart and Souris, again both friendly groups and good play.
Most play seems to be inside here and we figured out why- the mosquitos are plentiful and vicious; they can even fly against the wind!

Apparently, the past two summers have seem more mosquitoes than in the past, and ones with hearty bites!
Launching was our next stop- a piece of land that Clare’s cousin owns and she graciously allowed us to set up on it for a week. On a bluff overlooking a long sand spit connecting the mainland with Boughton Island.

A public beach that hardly anyone visits!! Sand bars help make the ocean water very warm- I went swimming almost every day, and Rhylee perfected his dog paddle!

Of course, the “very warm water” also brought in lots of Arctic Red Jellyfish, one of which I put my wrist right through the tentacles one day. That was a surprise! All my years of swimming in the ocean and I had never run into a jellyfish. It left red stings and stripes around my wrist for about 2 hours and then slowly receded- phew! I had to be very brave to go back into the ocean the next day…

Tried to get to a ceilidh- island music, however, the one we chose posted a “no show tonight” sign on the door…but we did hear some music at a brewery. Farmers’ markets, good restaurants, friendly people, good weather, very laid back island!