Mel drove me to yesterday’s end point and I headed west to Souris (pronounced like Surrey). About half way through the 10.6 mi (27 km) it began to drizzle and the wind gusted increasingly hard in line with today’s forecast. I decided early on to deviate from the official route and took the most direct one to cut off some time.
At Souris, I had an adequate lunch, bought some breakfast items, and called for my pick up. The Inn at Spry Point’s owner’s sister picked me up and drove me to the Inn, my lodging, a barn converted into a hostel of sorts—I have one of the bedrooms downstairs. There’s a large kitchen and large common area. NB: first night that I’m sleeping in a single bed!
I was stressing out about not being able to find lodging beyond this place. Luckily, I connected with an Inn at Montague and reserved my lodging for 5 nights, the remainder being in Charlottetown, which should not be a problem. A local cab, also in Montague, will provide the shuttling around what seems like a peninsula.
I continued to see lobster traps and fishing boats dry docked on their lawn: probably the two most ubiquitous icons at PEI!
