Forever Summer and Beaches

Among the delights of this trip has been the weather and cleanliness of the beaches.


One of the delights/surprises has been the beaches. Maine does not have much in the sandy beach department, and I'm not really a beach kinda guy. Bothwell Beach on PEI was empty as far as we could see (10 miles?) in both directions. Super clean, no fishing detritus or junk food packaging. I went skinny dipping.

Perfectly clean. Well, OK, after a mile of walking and back, we found a one bait bag, two rubber bands, one bottle, etc. We scoured pretty hard.



Now, the beach is actually really clean. 

This lack of trash was true for the other beaches we went on, too.

We are now on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, walking on an isolated beach. You can see our Tesla X, and the road to the beach. Not much of a road, off the beaten path.





These are the only traps we have seen on any shore in Canada. Two things are unusual here. First, these traps are not wood, they are metal, like the traps used in Maine. They had cement ballast, so they certainly did not float here from the USA. 

Usually when traps are thrown on shore, there is a tangle of warp (rope), and the traps are often tangled together. Not these --  no rope, almost if it had been cut off. Traps always have tags, which tie back to the fisherman/owner. None had any tags, nor any buoys. Strange, eh?

We did not find any other fishing detritus anywhere else on this beach. 

Our picnic included the rarest of the rare -- a Criehaven watermelon! After months of TLC, the first and only watermelon ever grown on island was opened.

The hour fifteen minute ferry from PEI to Nova Scotia was so flat even Barbara enjoyed the ride.




Happy Trails,

Krem and Barbara








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