A P.E.I. treat.

Back in August my brother and his wife, Janet, headed to Prince Edward Island to attend a friend's wedding.  Afterwards they stayed on at a B & B and invited me to join them there.

Have you ever been to P.E.I.?   Just getting there is an adventure.  The spectacularly beautiful Confederation Bridge spans the 19 km distance between the island and the mainland.  It's a toll bridge but cleverly you don't pay the $40 toll until you leave the island.

One day Darrell and I went to check out a couple of lighthouses.  We knew generally where one of the lighthouses was but couldn't figure out how to get to it.  Turns out we had to walk a kilometer down what appeared to be a single track farm lane.

It was a delightful easy walk.

The scenery surprised us.

You could almost imagine that you were in Saskatchewan standing on the vast prairie, and not on a tiny island surrounded by the sea...

... until you walk a bit farther.  turn your camera in THAT direction and suddenly see that you're not in Kansas anymore Dorothy.

The scenery was stunning.

 Sometimes it's best just to let the pictures do the talking ...

'cept perhaps to add that if you haven't been to P.E.I. you really should go.

In Summer.

Saskatchewan snippits ...

The train doesn't stop here any more,

and the family farm stands empty.

Abandoned cars on a long-gone road.

Inside an abandoned grain elevator.  It's not a clock.

On the open prairie you can see, and smell, a grass fire from many many, miles away.

Old -style building front.

Inside an old-timey school fire escape.

Bottle cap decorations.

Man-made, Mount Blackstrap was created in 1970 for the Canada Winter Games.
Yes, this is what passes for a "mountain" in Saskatchewan.  What's more, it can be seen from 20 miles away !

Impressively big and heavy, Moose print.  

Big sky, golden sunset.

 

Saskatchewan.

I just got back from a trip to Saskatchewan to visit three of my cousins who live in, and near, Saskatoon.

Just as Nova Scotia has several "must-see" places, from the lighthouse at Peggy's Cove, to the massive tides of the Bay of Fundy, this lovely Prairie province has its own iconic  images.

An abandoned grain elevator.

Snow Geese rising off a prairie pond.

Buffalo.

Big sky and golden fields.

And of course, I had to buy a souvenir T-shirt*.

* The joke goes that Saskatchewan is so flat that you can see your dog running away, for THREE days.    BTW the outline around the lettering is the shape of the province.  The other T-shirt I considered buying said: "Saskatchewan--easy to draw--hard to spell".

to be continued ...