Day: 31 of 35
Date: Sunday October 9, 2022
Segment: 28 of 32
Segment Start: Montague
Segment End: Gaspereaux
Today's Distance: 22.22kTotal Distance: 613k
Start Time: 8:33
End Time: 13:37
Elapsed Time (hh:mm): 5:04Walking Time (hh:mm): 4:03Average Moving Speed: 5.5 kphAverage Moving Pace: 10:57 min/km
Total Ascent: 171m
Total Descent: 141m
Average Temperature: 21.0C
Interactive Route Map
Date: Sunday October 9, 2022
Segment Start: Montague
Segment End: Gaspereaux
Start Time: 8:33
End Time: 13:37
Elapsed Time (hh:mm): 5:04
Total Ascent: 171m
Total Descent: 141m
Average Temperature: 21.0C
Thoughts
A crisp, cold morning for walking! Our route today today was all on Route 17 between Montague and Gaspereaux, a quiet, rural road, passing homes, crossing rivers, and viewing brilliant colors.
We continue to see hydro crews out, restoring power. At this time there are still 4700 PEI customers without power. On one road we watched crews cutting down tree branches in order to be able to erect new poles and hydro lines - see picture. Lots of power lines were disrupted because of very tall trees that fell on them. It would be interesting to know how many thousands of trees came down during Fiona.
A few things that seem unique to PEI:
1. Many rural mailboxes are attached to small, upright dollies which are held secure by cement blocks. My guess is that snow plows have knocked over mailbox posts too often.
2. There are small street name signs at the base of many rural properties but all the names include 'lane', not road or street. And the names seem to be of the occupant/owner of that property. These are not public lanes.
3. There is a much larger French/Acadian population on PEI than I realized. We have seen several French elementary schools and many road signs are posted in 3 languages--English, French and in an Indigenous language which I believe is Mi'kmaq.
Tonight we will have dinner in our Inn--turkey dinner. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and almost all establishments will be closed. Might be Timmy's for supper tomorrow. Last evening we drove to Souris to a restaurant overlooking the water. The chef cooks Portuguese cuisine. We had one of the best salmon meals we have ever experienced. 21 Breakwater is the name of the restaurant if you are ever looking for a good place to eat in PEI!
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Contributor: Jane Huiskamp
The Walk (click on image to see larger view)
I Just Liked How the Colours Matched
Quiet Idyllic Setting
Brush Cutting Crew - Entire Line Down, Treetops Must be Cutdown First
Apple Tree Alongside Road Provided Brunch
So Many Views Like This
The End
Twenty-eight down, 4 to go!
A crisp, cold morning for walking! Our route today today was all on Route 17 between Montague and Gaspereaux, a quiet, rural road, passing homes, crossing rivers, and viewing brilliant colors.
We continue to see hydro crews out, restoring power. At this time there are still 4700 PEI customers without power. On one road we watched crews cutting down tree branches in order to be able to erect new poles and hydro lines - see picture. Lots of power lines were disrupted because of very tall trees that fell on them. It would be interesting to know how many thousands of trees came down during Fiona.
A few things that seem unique to PEI:
1. Many rural mailboxes are attached to small, upright dollies which are held secure by cement blocks. My guess is that snow plows have knocked over mailbox posts too often.
2. There are small street name signs at the base of many rural properties but all the names include 'lane', not road or street. And the names seem to be of the occupant/owner of that property. These are not public lanes.
3. There is a much larger French/Acadian population on PEI than I realized. We have seen several French elementary schools and many road signs are posted in 3 languages--English, French and in an Indigenous language which I believe is Mi'kmaq.
Tonight we will have dinner in our Inn--turkey dinner. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and almost all establishments will be closed. Might be Timmy's for supper tomorrow. Last evening we drove to Souris to a restaurant overlooking the water. The chef cooks Portuguese cuisine. We had one of the best salmon meals we have ever experienced. 21 Breakwater is the name of the restaurant if you are ever looking for a good place to eat in PEI!
4 more walking days...
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| I Just Liked How the Colours Matched |
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| Quiet Idyllic Setting |
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| Brush Cutting Crew - Entire Line Down, Treetops Must be Cutdown First |
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| Apple Tree Alongside Road Provided Brunch |
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| So Many Views Like This |
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| Twenty-eight down, 4 to go! |
I may have been silent since our departure but have been checking on your progress with increased excitement as you approach your end point and much admiration for what you have achieved. Btw, your interactive maps have some how become private from October 6th on.
ReplyDeleteOh, I mean October 7th
ReplyDeleteThanks John! Jane & I are getting excited too! We continue to be thankful for the support you and Jaellayna provided us. You are part of any success we achieve. Thanks for the heads-up on the interactive maps! I have fixed the access.
ReplyDeleteLove the apple photo. You definitely deserve that salmon dinner, too.
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