July 8, 2017 Summerside, PEI, 0 miles

Had a nice day in Summerside being tourists and getting some good walking in. The weather was fabulous, sunny and warm. We went to the local indoor farmer's market held every Saturday even in the winter.  Below are some pictures showing vendors from whom we bought soap, a gormet grilled cheese sandwich, homemade blueberry pie and a handmade hooked rug seat cover for The Mighty GS.  I can't wait to use it tomorrow.

I had a great lunch of fish and chips.  In Newfoundland they use cod for fish and chips but here they use haddock.  Cod is used in Newfoundland due to the cold water there but cod develops worms in the warmer waters further south around PEI so they use haddock. 

We are at peak tourist season for this area and there is hardly any traffic or crowds.  Strange. 

PEI has a 15% sales tax on everything and the locals don't like it.  Also, it will cost us about $36 Canadian when we cross the bridge leaving PEI, and that's for a motorcycle. Cars cost more and trucks cost even more.  Locals don't like that either.

The exchange rate is really good for Americans. I wwnt to an ATM where I took out $200 Canadian and it only cost me $167 US including a $3 service fee.  Great time to come to Canada!

Update: I meant to mention our visit to the Fox Museum in Summerside. I added a picture below of the high school aged boy that gave a knowledgeable and fun description of the importance of fox pelts to the PEI economy. There was a well protected monopoly by one of the locals until the relative of one of the monopolists opened up the market by distributing pairs of foxes so other breeders could start their own businesses. At the peak of the monopoly market one fox pelt was selling for $25,000.  The same quality pelt sold for less than $10 after the monopoly was broken.