All about the lobster

Look at these two beauties:  Beamer (the Bibee) and Emily-Anne (the Biber)

And this lovely crustacean:

who sacrificed his life for the glory of garlic butter and a splendiferous sunset over Charlottetown harbour.

What a beautiful and historic city this is, easy to find your way around and full of interesting shops and again - friendly Maritimers.   We've checked into this amazing B&B, circa 1860, and our room is at the very, very top of the house.  We have to ascend two very long winding staircases and through spooky old hallways to get to our suite, and after walking more than 17 km around Charlottetown today those stairs were even steeper than usual.   It's gorgeous though, and tomorrow at precisely 8 a.m. we will be served breakfast by candlelight (probably by either Mr. Jeckle or Mr. Hyde).

We took the ferry over, a calm and windless trip and so warm we were able to sit up on the top deck through the entire trip.  Turns out the ferry dock is a good hour away from Charlottetown, so we got a good look at the pastoral scenery and red earth of PEI along the way.  Lots of potato fields!

On our stroll home from dinner this evening we followed the boardwalk along the ocean and in the gathering dark, as we approached our B&B  on our quiet residential street, we noted a tall fox standing quietly to the side, just watching us.   It was almost eerie as we were able to get fairly close, although the pictures are too blurry to post as it was nearly dark.  Either our spirit animal has tracked us down or foxes are a common sight around here, but in any case, it was amazing to get so close to one.

We have a few more hours to explore PEI tomorrow before taking the Confederation Bridge back to Halifax, dodging briefly into New Brunswick on the way through - which officially makes this a three province holiday - wu hoo!