A continuation of our cat sitting Rustico, PEI weekend.
I love visiting North Rustico. They have a terrific boardwalk and much more. A couple of activities are deep sea fishing and kayaking.
Here you can see Blue Mussel Cafe
and On The Dock Eatery.
https://m.facebook.com/onthedockeatery/
I’ve eaten at Blue Mussel Cafe. It’s extremely popular but has long waits. I’m hoping to try On The Dock Eatery this summer.
A few years ago we went to yoga in the park every week all summer. We’d go for a walk on their lovely boardwalk, eat a little picnic in the park, watch the osprey nest, and then do our yoga class. I enjoyed it immensely. It was so nice. But- if you’re doing yoga on the ground you do get bugs on you so after the first class I remembered to put on insect repellent. That was a huge improvement. I’m not a bug enthusiast. 🦟🕷
So this weekend we took our usual drive down to the boardwalk area. There’s a new spot Fishhead Company Store. It’s quite unique and lovely to sit outside and enjoy a beach view. This photo is of the back where you sit on the deck. There’s no where inside to eat. It’s next to a cute gift shop Seagulls Nest Gift Shop.
https://m.facebook.com/Fishead-Company-Store-1942573955800025/?__tn__=%2Cg#_=_
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-fishirts-replica-lighthouse-1.4771534
Richard had a coffee and an oatmeal cookie. I had a chai latte and a gluten free cinnamon roll. Very good. The ladies are super friendly.
From here we walked over to the beach.
North Rustico National Park Beach
I love this beach. It’s not as busy as others but still has beautiful white sand and it’s lovely to walk.
I have to say though that this beach has me totally confused. First I’m not sure what to call it. It’s listed differently on various maps. Some say North Rustico National Park Beach while others say North Rustico Beach. Or is it both? Does one end and then the other begin? I have no idea.
You can walk to it several ways: crossing the road down past Fishheads (that’s the way we’ve always gone in the past plus there’s a lovely little beach area that you pass through to get to the pathway to the main beach), from partway down the boardwalk and crossing the street to a continuation of boardwalk, or driving through the National Park entry and then turning right and continuing down the dirt road and parking in the dirt parking lot. Sooooooo – the first two ways you don’t have to pay the park entrance fee and the last way you pay. It boggles my mind.
As we were walking onto the beach this guy was painting. How cool.
This a beautiful white sand beach. We’ve walked it many times. Others were also enjoying it. Beautiful.
Where do you think these stair lead?
We found out.
They lead to the washrooms, changing rooms, and the parking lot.
Where are the washroom signs?
There are none.
Does that seem appropriate or helpful?
Now I do admit that if you drive here by the National Park entrance then you’d park in the lot and see the buildings, or if you walk to the beach from mid boardwalk you’d see them. But if you walk to the beach from the end of Harbourview Dr. which is how we saw most people walking to the beach, you wouldn’t. At least that’s the way I see it.
We had seen on the news that there were dolphins here a few days ago. But not this day. Too bad. I’d have loved to have seen that.
Here:
• Parking at the Harbour, or on the road, or a dirt parking lot depending on how you are going to the beach
• Supervised beach
• Washrooms but not indicated
• Changing rooms but not indicated
• Beautiful white sandy beach
We visited more beaches while there. Keep watching.
Cheers.
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