I was able to get my breakfast early (before 8:00). Red Sand Tours shuttled me to the start of today’s walk that began with 5.6 miles on country road shoulders, after which I veered onto the Confederation Trail for the remaining 8.7 miles; total was 14.3 mi (22.9 km). The change was very welcome in that I could count on seating and places for breaks with certain regularity (not possible on roads).
Anticipating Hurricane Lee to hit PEI tomorrow evening, I was most impressed by the visible damage caused by last year’s hurricane. Over a million trees were uprooted on the Island. They tell me that the cleanup effort was massive!
On the way, I spotted numerous soy bean fields ready to be harvested—they‘re the plants with the yellow leaves on top. Most of the potatoes have already been harvested, but not all—farmers are hurrying to finish their harvest before the heavy rains.
