It's -1' this morning and overcast but patches of blue are just starting to peek through the clouds and the sun is trying very hard to come out.
Today will be a pretty quiet day - mostly starting to pack up stuff to head out early tomorrow morning. As I write this, Lloyd is on the phone to the husband of one of his previous co-workers who retired from Ontario to here in Nova Scotia. The plan is to meet with them for breakfast and then I have a meeting in Windsor with some admin girls regarding our event in 2014.
Wednesday turned out to be an absolutely gorgeous day. I had a couple of things to do in town then when I got back, we went for a lovely walk. By the afternoon the temperature was 8' and the sun was shining - a lovely day for a walk on the hiking trails. We took the trail from the cottage that ran along the beach and ended up at the lodge. We decided we might need a drink at the bar so wandered in and perched ourselves on a couple of bar stools. The fellow behind the bar, named Sid, was manning one of the booths at the 'On the Rocks' event on Saturday so he was already familiar to us. Lloyd asked if he knew how to make a Manhattan, and that was it. Several Manhattans later we wandered our way back to the cottage. It had been a lovely afternoon and we totally enjoyed chatting with Sid. Turns out he and his wife will be relocating to PEI in the spring to take on a new venture. More on that later.
Thursday we woke to a light dusting of snow but nothing too serious. We had a leisurely breakfast and then headed out to Bridgewater to see what was there. It was a little bigger than most of the places we'd been to this week so we parked the car and strolled down the main street. Nothing too exciting but it was something to do. From there we headed out for lunch at a restaurant that was recommended to us for Fish and Chips. We ordered their hot Jalapeno dip with nacho chips for the start and it was huge! We shared that and then followed with a 3 piece fish and chips that we shared.
We took the secondary road back that wound along the coast - great road for a bike ride.
When we got back, Lloyd cut up some chicken we had brought with us and thawed to make a chicken Korma for lunch today. He then made a chicken soup with the bones left over. While it was simmering we headed to the lodge and spent some very relaxing time in the hot tub. There was no one around so we had the place entirely to ourselves. We were just leaving and a group of young guys came in so we timed it just right. When we got back we had our soup and watched a movie - a nice relaxing ending to another great day.
We contemplated going up to Peggy's Cove today but with most things along the way closed, it's a lot of driving to see some rocks and a lighthouse we've already seen several times. I can see a weekend overnight trip in the summer to do that area, Lunenburg and Chester. The first time I ever ate mussels and really enjoyed them was in Chester - a huge bucket of mussels and a cold beer - an unbeatable combination.
So instead I think we'll likely work a bit on packing up some today. We plan to have dinner at the lodge tonight before heading out tomorrow. There may also be some time spent in the hot tub this afternoon, who knows.
I see from the alerts that I get from the local PEI radio station that schools were delayed this morning - looks like we've missed a bit of messy weather while we've been away.
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