PEI Burger Love (Sept.5, 2021)

Started the morning off with a coffee and then we headed out for a run on the Confederation Trail again.

Jason decided that he wanted to try to run to Kensington which is about 22 k on the trail.

The plan was for me to go and pick him up when he finished.

I wasn't sure what I was going to do but I felt good so I ended up running as far as Miscouche and back.

Not 22k but 12k is nothing to sneeze at.

My exercise details for today.

 My average pace and splits.

I think this is the best average I've had so far.

Jason figured it would take him about 2 hours to complete his run so I headed over there to pick him up.

It took a little bit to coordinate ourselves, he was waiting for me in one place and I was waiting for him in another but we did eventually get it figured out.

He ended up running 25k today - quite an accomplishment and I was so proud of him.

We were both ready for a bite to eat at the point so we headed over to the Starlite Diner for lunch.

I've seen this place for years and years but never actually went to it - today will be my first time.

Burger Love just happened to be going on which is an event PEI usually holds every April.

I've always wanted to go to it but have never been able.

Restaurants all across the Island that want to participate come up with a burger entry then customers vote on their favorites.

It raises money for charity and is just a fun event that lasts for a month.

It's was cancelled the last two April's due to Covid so lucky for us, they decided to move it to September this year.

I had fries with the works which is a staple for me every time I come to PEI.

It's french fries, hamburger fried with onions, peas and gravy.

So freakin' good.

I ordered a regular burger.

Jason got the Burger Love special, the Route 66 and we just shared.

The burgers were delicious.

One thing about getting a burger here on PEI is that you'd be hard pressed to find a frozen patty, they are almost always fresh, hand made which is awesome.

For dessert, we got ice cream cones.

Coleen's favorite is the Peanut Butter Fudge Crunch so I had to give it a try.

From there we headed up West.

We stopped in at our property to check it out.

It was kind of wet and overgrown and when we got out of the truck, a little snake slithered away right by my feet.

I was only wearing flip flops so decided I didn't want to try to walk in the tall wet grass into the property.

Jason was prepared with better footwear so he went on in and I called my sister to come and pick me up which she did and we headed to my Uncle Gerald's place which is where my mom has been staying.

Jason did send me this video he took of the property.

He spent the afternoon there checking out the trees that we'd planted a few years ago and just walking it.

Meanwhile, Mom and Jen had cooked up a turkey dinner for us.

What a nice treat on a drizzly, grey day.

My cousin Chavonne and her daughter Annabella joined us for supper.

My sissy and I.

We played a couple games of cards.

I'm not that great but my sister is a card shark!

It was fun - I always get a few games in when I come to the Island.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!

Blue Mussel Cafe - Finally (Sept.4, 2021)

 We got up this morning, had coffee then got ready and headed out for a run.

PEI has this amazing trail system, Confederation Trail, with over 400 km of trails and it just happens to go right by my Aunt and Uncle's place so that's where we went to run this morning.

The trail is well maintained and goes through the woods so it's very pretty and peaceful

I had the bathroom issue again this morning.

I ran 5.61k then I just had to stop and walk for a bit.

After a bit, I felt like I could try running again, I only made it .27k before I had to stop and walk again though.

Still, I got close to 6k in overall so that's not bad at all.

The exercise details.

My average pace and splits.

We decided to go for a bit of a drive and ended up in Kensington.

Bakin Donuts is The Place to get coffee here on the Island.

Coleen was just telling us last night how good the ice cream is here at Frosty Treat so we stopped in to get one.

Jason got a sundae.

I opted for hard ice cream - my favorite summertime treat.

I'm just noticing that it had a Cows paper on it but it was not Cows ice cream.

We ended up in Rustico.

There is a restaurant there that we've been wanting to try for a few years so we figured we might as well go for it.

Driving up to the Blue Mussel Cafe in North Rustico.

It's in this building that looks like a house and it was right on the water.

Ha ha - cute sign.

There was a waiting list and they told us it would be about an hour.

They said they would call us when it was time for us to be seated so we decided to just walk around and check out the area.

We checked out a local gift shop.

It seemed like the time passed pretty quickly and they were calling us to let us know they were ready to seat us.

Finally, we are going to eat at the Blue Mussel Cafe.

I like the set up on the inside.

The place was packed!

My handsome honey.

Moi!

I tried to take a picture of us together.

Just another shot of the inside of the restaurant.

They had blanket ladders with actual blankets on them for customers to use in case they got cold, what a great idea!

We started off with some oysters on the half shell.

Yum Yum!

Jason enjoying them as well.

We could have had a few more dozen honestly but we wanted to try some other stuff too.

We tried their mussels - also fabulous!

I ordered the chowder poutine.

OMG - it was fabulous.

Basically it was potato wedges with seafood chowder up on top.

Uh-Mazing!

Jason had the Seafood Bubbly Bake.

It was rich and delicious and also Uh-Mazing!

The food was so good that I just had to try some of their desserts.

I had the bread pudding.

Jason had the Reeses Pieces Peanut Butter Cheesecake.

Needless to say, we were stuffed at the end of that meal.

We will likely make it a point of coming here every trip to the Island from here on out!

It was my first time being in Rustico and there were some really gorgeous houses along the water front.

I love a yellow house and a wrap around porch - this could be my dream house.

Another gorgeous house - I love the shade of blue.

Like who lives in these houses?

I want one!

They were all right across from the water so had fabulous views.

An old fishing village.

The ocean is always right around the corner it seems here on the Island.

Fabulous views lie around every corner too.

It was a bit later than we'd hoped when we got back to my Aunt and Uncles but there were still a few family members there we got to visit with.

Jimmy, Coleen and Blair.

Blair, Pam and Amanda (she's camera shy).

Jason's instagram post from our run this morning.

It was a bit of a drizzly run but not a downpour so manageable for sure.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!