In and Out and Fast, PEI

Prince Edward Island can be a strange place. If you adore slightly precocious, hyper-giggly Japanese girls tottering about in sailor suits, red nylon braids and doily socks, waving selfie sticks like samurais, plus potatoes and red dirt from Mars, Prince Edward Island has your name carved into its forehead.

You will see the place in less than a day, arriving by ferry and leaving by very long bridge. Photo credit [[http://www.phototraces.net](http://www.phototraces.net)/]([http://http://www.phototraces.net](http://www.phototraces.net)/)

A day here may not suffice, however, if you have a young female astern, sell the house before departure, because you’re never going back.

Honestly, PEI is insanely pastorally gorgeous in some places, and in others it's unapologetically touristy, larcenous and utterly without edge. PEI’s license plate tagline sums up the nonstop action nicely: “Birthplace of Confederacy.”

Most of PEI’s tourism revolves around something even more storied than confederacy. The “Anne of Green Gales" mythology enables the micro-province to make the bulk of its revenue, along with lots of PFFT (Provincial French Fry Tax).

If PEI proves too mild and inoffensive, you do have ample vice and gluttony options. There’s beer and rum to drink, along with many lobsters, shrimp, oysters and potato-derived products for you to gnaw. Photo credit http://www.phototraces.net

A day here may not suffice, however, if you have a young female astern, sell the house before departure, because you’re never going back.

Honestly, PEI is insanely pastorally gorgeous in some places, and in others it's unapologetically touristy, larcenous and utterly without edge. PEI’s license plate tagline sums up the nonstop action nicely: “Birthplace of Confederacy.”

Most of PEI’s tourism revolves around something even more storied than confederacy. The “Anne of Green Gales" mythology enables the micro-province to make the bulk of its revenue, along with lots of PFFT (Provincial French Fry Tax).

If PEI proves too mild and inoffensive, you do have ample vice and gluttony options. There’s beer and rum to drink, along with many lobsters, shrimp, oysters and potato-derived products for you to gnaw. Photo credit http://www.phototraces.net

Where to stop

There are beaches worth a visit. If you like sand that squeaks, try Basin Head. For clam digging, the south shore's Pinette or Tea Hill beaches will deliver. If you like people in bathing costumes, Cavendish or Brackley Beach in Prince Edward Island National Park has plenty of those. There are also seven Provincial Parks with camping.

As mentioned, alcohol is available. But PEI’s nightlife has been acknowledged as a cure for insomnia, so best you head back to Nova Scotia, preferably before sundown, where they party like sailors, because everyone is one.