Murrray Beach to Cornwall Day 65

Terri and I would like to have this every morning. How about it Don and Mike??? This was a beautiful Inn called Little Shemogue Country Inn. We escaped the wrath of Danny by staying here.

We didn't even have to worry about the bikes, they were kept in this barn.

The outside of the inn. We were on the water but with the storm we didn't venture too far.

It appears people get to name the road that goes down to their home.

On the way to the Inn we stopped at this take out place and they delivered our meal. The Inn's restaurant was full for the night and at $39.50 we wouldn't have gone there. We ate burgers and fries while watching Marketplace on tv.



We took the shuttle over to the island. The bikes were taken on a trailer and we were in the van. Another province down.

The beautiful red soil awaited us on the island.

This is the house that Terri had her eye on.

Lots of green pastures and little houses and churches dotting the landscape.

After a very comfortable sleep at Little Shemogue Inn, Terri and I enjoyed a nice breakfast by a window that overlooked the yard and water. Fresh fruit, juice, cheese, sliced cold meat, scrambled eggs and bacon, croissants, toast and jam and a bottomless pot of coffee and tea. The Inn is owned bya German couple who have operated it for 16 years. The antiques and old wooden furniture and builtins made the home warm and very comfortable. We were able to keep the bikes in the shed so they stayed nice and dry. We heard the rain through the night and the hosts advised we missed a lot of rain.

We headed out about 9:00 am and road Route 955 to Highway 16 which lead us to the Confederation Bridge. It was a short 23km and then we had a wait of about 45 minutes. The shuttle was just loading a group of our cyclists and there was not room for the recumbent so we waited for the next one.

Once over the bridge and unloaded we headed for the Welcome to PEI sign or the official snapshot. After lunch and a Cows Ice cream cone we headed off for camp. The cue sheet took us on some side trips, some of which we avoided. We spent most of the afternoon on Highway 1 which provided us with a good surface, ample shoulder and periodic siings of the water. Terri's crew was cooking tonight and we were going to a friend's home for supper and to stay over so we tried to get to camp in good time. The tailwind helped tremendously and we arrived around 4:00 pm after riding a total of 76 km for the day.

In speaking with others from camp, we learned that we missed a bad storm and we were thankful for having booked the B&B. Tents were flapping and those who stayed int he shelter didn't get much sleep given the noise and having to get up to adjust the tarps they had put up for proection. The cyclists were split up into two shelters and each shelter had a skunk visit them. One went right past Barry's head but left to scent behind. The other one left some spray behind but not on anything that belonged to the cyclists and not too much. There is a story aabout a previous years ride that had skunks visiting. One of the cyclists bated the side of tent when they thought it might have been a raccoon and it turns ot they ended up throwing away all their tenting materials due to the odour. The Moncton area got over 100 ml of rain.

There were lots of quaint homes along our ride this afternoon and many cottage businesses all along the coast. Our campground was right by the water and we are staying 4 km down the coast from the campground. Linda and Norm Kirkpatrick are long time friends of my sister and they welcomed us into their home and laundry room. They hav a beautiful log home right on the water and Lindais a pro in the kitchen so you know we had a nice dinner. We had great fun catching up on things and they were very curious about the trip.

We opted not to do the additional trips to Anne of Green Gables and Charlottetown as we have both been here before. We preferred to visit with Norm and Linda. We will have conquered another province tomorrow when we leave the island on the Wood Island Ferry to Pictou, Nova Scotia. Our husbands Dona nd MIke will be leaving tomorrow, Monday, Aug. 31st to head to NFLD to pick us up.