Prince Edward Island

Sunrise from the room this AM; weather looks good from the picture but the fog that rolled in about an hour later was real thick.  It was going to be a slow but direct ride to Prince Edward Island; got there in about 3 hours. Rode over to Port-La-Joye-Fort Amherst National Historic, see http://www.law.ualberta.ca/centres/ccs/issues/legrandderangement.php . From there it was to Charlottetown and for some reason the Garmin starts acting up so I get to see a lot of town to include a Harley Dealership called Red Rocks; this dealership isn’t even in the HD 2013 map book. Check out the pics of the front room of this dealership…not Harley’s. Seems the HD dealership is working on a petition because the province wants to institute noise laws only for motorcycles. I’ve seen thousands of bikes (a lot of Can-Ams) and very few have modified exhaust. The sales clerk says the requirement for db level is so low some stock HD’s won’t pass. They are also thinking of instituting a requirement of having to buy a new helmet every three years. Wow! They gonna slap an inspection sticker on your helmet?  Well I found my way to the north shore, up to PEI National Park, beautiful coastline with dunes covered with grass. If it was white sand it would’ve looked like Okaloosa island pre-Opal. There’s a small are called Richards wharf where there is deep sea fishing, small restaurants and gift shop. Next stop the beach; anybody for a swim?  Ran the coastline for a while then headed inland and to the motel. After checking in the owner actually gave me a couple of old towels, said I need them to wipe down the bike in the AM. I figured he was a real smart guy, he knew I would need to wipe the bike down so he gave me old towels so I wouldn’t use his room towels. He did recommend a place to eat and it was a good suggestion. Sharky’s Seafood had clams, real clams with the bellies and it had lobster so ordering was simple. The clams were incredible, lightly battered and delicious. The lobster was cold, that’s how they serve lobster here, not right out of the pot. It was lobster so it was good too.