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| First night in the tent! |
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| Checking out the treasures on the beach. |
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| Belly shot! |
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| Our first campsite. We stayed at Herring Cove Provincial Park, and it was really a great spot. Very private and beautiful. When we were sleeping at night you could hear the sounds of the waves crashing on the rocks, and a very subtle sound of a fog horn from the lighthouse. It was lovely. |
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| In another part of the island, we were able to drive around beautiful "off-road" trails at Roosevelt International Park. This was kind of perfect for me, because we could see some pretty awesome sights in the woods and then get out every now and then to check out different observation decks, but I didn't have to do too much walking. Rory called it "car hiking". Perfect. |
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| On our last night, we knew that there was a pretty significant storm coming. Ben rigged up a tarp over our tent to keep the deluge to a minimum. It worked! We woke up in the morning with rivers flowing by, but our tent stayed dry. At least until we had to pack it up in the pouring rain. Jack thought the storm was "TOTALLY AWESOME!" |
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| After one night in a hotel to dry out and regroup, we headed to Prince Edward Island National Park where we camped for a week. We broke up the week between Cavendish Campground and Stanhope Campground. Cavendish was great because it was a short walk to the beach and more central to the touristy things, but ultimately I think I prefer Stanhope. More private and a lot quieter. |
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| Still some pretty impressive waves the day after the storm! It calmed down a lot after this day. |
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| We spent a lot of time on an extremely quiet beach (I think we have only ever seen one other family there at any given time) on Robinson's Island, in an older part of the park that is no longer being maintained. It is a beautiful beach, left mostly undisturbed so you can find lots of treasures. ***Side note: This used to be our go-to beach for finding beach glass when we lived in the maritimes, but there doesn't seem to be nearly the amount that there used to be. Jack found one good piece, but we used to leave with grocery bags full of the stuff! PEI used to only sell drinks (pop, juice, etc) in glass bottles, and I think that has since changed. I wonder if that is what has caused the awesome beach glass supply to dry up. |
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| We went for a hike at Bubbling Springs. |
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| Jack, trying to sneak up on us! |
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| The path at Bubbling Springs is actually a part of an old road from the 1700s to Charlottetown. |
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| The kids did well (mostly) in the tent. Getting them to finally settle down and go to sleep was a team effort, but once asleep they slept like logs. There were several mornings that we actually had to wake them up to start our day! |
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| We weren't allowed to have a campfire at Cavendish, so as evening set in we would light our Citronella candles and pretend. |
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| We were allowed to have a fire at Stanhope, and this was a big hit with the boys! Jack became an expert at making s'mores, while Rory decided that he is more of a purist when it comes to marshmallows- preferring them raw and straight out of the bag. |
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| The boys found a bunny on the site over from ours. |
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| On our last day in PEI, we went to Charlottetown for the day. |
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| We got to see Theodore Tugboat in the Charlottetown Harbor. |
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| And then a battle broke out. |
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| We had a wonderful time. |
