We took a good bike ride Monday morning. We checked out of the campground and parked the car and trailer nearby on a narrow spit of land connecting little Panmure Island with the main island. We rode out to Panmure to the end of the road. There are only a handful of permanent residents now, plus another handful of vacation homes and cottages. The whole island looks depressed: farms going back to nature and abandoned farmhouses. A lot of for sale signs. On the way back we met a man from Ontario having trouble with his rental bike. We all stopped at our car, I got out the bike tools, and we soon had him tuned up and on his way. We continued for a loop into the countryside of about 20 miles, then drove the short distance down to Northumberland Provincial Park, near the terminal for the ferry we'll take to Nova Scotia tomorrow evening. After setting up camp there, we drove south along to coast and out to the lighthouse at Point Prim, south of Carlottetown. We turned back to camp there, having failed by only 10 or 20 miles to have completely circumnavigated Prince Edward Island's coastal roads. There are probably a few significant things in the interior we've missed, but only a few.
Back at camp at Northumberland, we took a walk on the beach. The mosquitos are numerous and hungry at this campground, and a few biting flies complete the picture. Off Deep Woods controls them pretty well, but not completely. Inside the trailer we're safe.
I grilled burgers for dinner. There is a laundry near our site, so S did laundry in the evening.
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