Has Spring Come to PEI?

The Arts Centre in Summerside

Today was Good Friday and it WAS a good Friday!  The sun was shining, the skies were crystal blue, the temperature was above zero (something I haven’t seen in months) and the snow was melting away.  Could this mean that Spring has arrived?  Or at the very least Spring is on it’s way? 

It was too nice to stay indoors today so we decided to do a little driving.  Of course everything was closed today due to Good Friday, so the roads were very quiet.  After driving through Park Corner and circling back through Kensington, we found ourselves heading towards Summerside.  We drove down to one of our favorite spots, Spinnaker’s Landing and parked by the docks.  The water still had a thin layer of ice but there were spots where you could see the water rippling freely.  I took this as a sign that Spring was about to be sprung!

It was interesting to see the location where the boats, which had been docked during the summer, only to find that there wasn’t a boat in sight during the winter.  I suppose the boats would be damaged by the layers of ice that would be forming over the winter months.  I wonder where all the boats went?  Do they have a storage area for these boats?  Did they all move to warmer climates?  I wonder …

This is the first time that Ron and I are able to see all the seasons of PEI.  In the past our visits to the island have only been during the summer months.  Even though the summer is beautiful, I always wondered what the other seasons would look like.  We have now experienced the Fall, which brought a very colorful look to the island and we have also experienced the Winter on PEI … something I thought would never end!  Although the winter months seemed long and dark, when it snowed it brought with it a sense of peace and tranquility.  This was something we were looking for in our retirement.  Now I’m not saying that we will stay here next year for the winter months, after all we have now experienced it, but for our first Winter in PEI it was worth sticking around for.

We have one more season to experience and that is Spring!  I look forward to the Spring because I know that it will bring warmer weather, Spring flowers and an opportunity to sit out on our deck to look at our beautiful view … without our winter coats on!  J

Thin layers of ice down by the docks

This is where the large frieght ships dock

Sign on the docks

The back of Spinnakers Landing

Front of Spinnakers Landing

Ice forms around the pillars

A Summer photo of the boats behind Spinnakers Landing

A Fall photo of where the boats usually dock

A Winter photo of where the boats dock

The ice still covers water in Summerside