Day 24

I sort of lost track of time and missed a day.  We had such a great time visiting our friends Frederick and Carol at their cottage.

 

 

 

Yesterday was a great day of exploring around PEI arranged by our friends.  We toured Charlottetown and saw the apartment where they spend the winter.  What a great spot they have with access to their community in ‘town’.

 

After lunch we headed to ‘Belfast Mini Mills’, near Montague. This was really an inspirational stop.  This family has developed amazing equipment that they manufacture and install all over the world. The beauty of their system is the ability to process small batches of any type of fiber from virtually any animal or plant. When small quantities of fiber are processed with the assurance that they go back to the original owner it expands the market considerably.

 

 

 

Some examples that they showed us were yarn from Poodles, Samoyeds, and Golden Retrievers as well as rabbits, camels, all kinds of sheep, silk, bamboo, cotton and many more.

 

 

They have installed mills in Peru, Australia, South Africa, and many more as well as in Saskatoon. They have a very busy life making all the equipment, giving tours, making products for their shop and a farm with exotic birds and animals as well.

 

After that we visited a potter with exceptional skill and a design esthetic that appealed to us.

 

 

The next stop was Mount Stewart where we had supper and attended a musical evening with Billy MacInnis.  This was a really exceptional evening with delicious food and wonderful entertainment. It brought back memories to Cathy and I as we had stayed at this place 13 years ago when we cycled across PEI and the Magdalen Islands.  PEI certainly has an active music scene. Billy MacInnis on fiddle, Johnny Ross on keyboards and Leon Gallant on guitar had all the ingredients for great entertainment.  I especially enjoyed some of Johnny’s antics on the keyboards. He just could not seem to sit still as he was playing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We returned our car to Enterprise and are now back on bicycles and foot for transportation.

 

 

 

We explored Moncton and area on another gorgeous autumn day.

 

 

 

Tomorrow we pack up and head out on the train starting our journey back to Saskatoon.