Thursday August 15th

Strong winds were forecast so we stayed at West Point for the day and rode our bikes along the coast to Miminegash.  It was a scenic ride, with beautiful weather, except for the headwinds which seemed to follow us all day.  We were looking forward to sampling Seaweed Pie, the specialty at the Seaweed Café in Miminegash, but were disappointed to find it had been closed all season.  We continued the ride through the northern part of PEI and were pretty exhausted when we got back after 60 miles of headwinds.  We had also been through about 15 different towns, clearly marked on the map, but invisible on the road, apart from a road sign saying we were entering such and such town.  We stopped at a grocery store and met a couple of Québécois who were touring by bike.  It turned out they were staying at the campground near our fishing harbor.  We saw them again at the campground, (where we snuck in for a shower), and invited them over for drinks.  They were both working towards a PhD in Neuro Psychology, and we had a very pleasant evening together.