Touring Prince Edward County

Touring Prince Edward County

A long travel day moved us from Gananoque to Prinyer’s Cove off Prince Edward County. A couple hour stopover in Portsmouth Harbor gave Steve a chance to taxi up to West Marine for the essential caulk needed to complete his deck redo. 

So, we arrived late afternoon in time to chat with the jolly docktail party on the beach at Prinyer’s Cove Marina and enjoy a leisurely dinner with my high school friend and college roommate Shauna and her husband, Martin, who live in the nearby Cressy area of Picton. They also kindly drove us around and organized lunch at the historic Merrill Inn in Picton to give us a close up landlubber view of this lovely area. This mostly rural – farm and dairy – land bordering Lake Ontario on one side and the Bay of Quinte on the other has recently been discovered and now includes upscale shopping, dining and wine tasting. Although we passed on the local wines, we were delighted to try the local artisan cheeses and stocked up for the next leg – the only dilemma was limiting ourselves to what would fit in our frig. Meeting “old” friends, even if once every 10 years or so, is one of those rare and special treats that can be indulged with our vagabond lifestyle. We are grateful that Shauna and Martin could be home and find some free time to share with us while we were in their corner of the world.  The icing on the cake – for this reunion – was cruising together back from Picton to Prinyer’s Cove. We hope to see them both on Erben Renewal in the future.