Prince Edward Highlander / Days 8 & 9 – Chasing windmills

By John LeBlanc

JULY 31 / If you think of the shape of Prince Edward Island like a giant horse saddle, but angled clockwise about 30 degrees, North Cape is in the left-top (northwest) corner. It’s about a 240 km roundtrip from our holiday home base, just east of centrally-located Cavendish. After a rainy, low-mileage Saturday, we piled into our loaned 2011 Toyota Highlander Hybrid and headed off to North Cape on a less precipation-filled Sunday. Read more

Prince Edward Highlander / Day 7 – To Basin Head and back

By John LeBlanc

JULY 29 / Is this the best beach in all of Prince Edward Island? If you like jumping off bridges into wharfside waters, the shores at Basin Head Provincial Park ranks right up there. Read more

Prince Edward Highlander / Day 5 & 6 – Rain delay

By John LeBlanc

JULY 27 & 28 / Unlike in baseball, there are no rain delays on holiday. But, essentially, that’s what we’ve being dealing with the past few days here on Prince Edward Island. All of Wednesday and most of yesterday were cool and wet. So beach activities were substituted for some (more) food shopping, an unexpected discovery of North America’s largest collection of stuffed birds, and an afternoon spent at Cavendish’s Wonderland. Read more

Prince Edward Highlander / Day 4 – Backseat driving

By John LeBlanc

JULY 26 / In reality, the four of us could be driving around Prince Edward Island on our holiday in a much smaller vehicle. Like a compact hatch or wagon. Or a more luxurious vehicle. Like an Aston Martin Rapide. But I suspect one of the biggest reasons most midsize crossover buyers enjoy their vehicles so much is the luxury of space, a quality the Highlander Hybrid doesn’t want for. Read more

Prince Edward Highlander / Day 3 – Greenwich beach time

By John LeBlanc

JULY 25 / The rule of thumb when visiting P.E.I. in the summer is when the weather’s nice, head to the beach. And based on the reports we were getting from the Island so far this year, the weather had been pretty crappy—that is unless you’re the type who likes cold and wet summers. Read more

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