Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Day 37 (7/28/09) - Charlottetown

Today we rode in Gerry and Wendy's truck for a tour of the city. After giving up finding parking in the center of town, we found an almost empty lot by the wharf - a short distance from the center. Even though Charlottetown is PEI's largest city, it is still small enough to walk most of the downtown streets.

Our first stop was Cow's Ice Cream at the wharf - voted the best in Canada (some say "best in the world"). Steve had a scoop of mocha, chocolate something; the rest of the group declined. More on this, later.

We walked by several impressive churches (PEI is big on churches), gift shops, and even tried some beer at Charlottetown's only hand crafted ale purveyor. With the beer, we shared an appetizer of sweet potato fries with a nacho-type topping. Interesting, but quite good.

The girls decided we should walk on to Victoria Park; a pleasant boardwalk hike with another lighthouse view. This "pleasant" walk turned out to be over three miles. Whew! By the time we returned to downtown, the temperature had risen a few more degrees, and a rest was in order. Lunch was at Merchantman Pub. Three of us had salads; one had fish cakes. Again, a nice restaurant with friendly people.

On the drive back to the RV park, we stopped at Cow's Creamery. The mother ship of the Cow's Empire. Very busy serving the same expensive ice cream that Steve had earlier in the day. They advertise a "cowie wowie coffee toffee crunch" that Donna had her taste buds prepared for. Not today - they were out. So, we have to stop at Cow's again. Victoria-by-the-Sea has one and we hope to visit there tomorrow. Maybe Donna can give a positive report on that flavor, then. Anyway, the ice cream is good. Difficult to say that it's the best in the world, but some travel company has said that and it is posted in very large print in the Creamery. It shows the top 10 ice creams in the world with Cow's at #1 and Ben & Jerry's at #10. Go figure.

Back at the park, Gerry and Wendy brought out their Bocce Ball game and the guys proceeded to whip the girls.

A fun day. And, Steve didn't have to drive.


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