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Walking barefoot on the shore
Toes disappearing under the sand
Shells adding to the decor
Wave or wind sculpting the land.
My feet hesitate to mar
The untouched masterpiece..
- Lynn Reket
This was taken on our 12 km barefoot walk along the shores of PEI on our vacation last month. It was hard not to think of the desert when spying such a vast space of pure sand. We avoided disrupting beautiful sculpted scenes like this one. Sometimes we moved closer to the shore to get some relief from the warm, soft sand to walk on wet sand that just made our feet sink each step we took. It was a marvelous experience and the sand was the best pumice stone ever for the well developed callouses on my feet.
Sunset behind Confederation Bridge, PEI.
Confederation Bridge joins the eastern Canadian provinces of Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, making travel throughout the Maritimes easy and convenient. The curved, 12.9 kilometre (8 mile) long bridge is the longest in the world crossing ice-covered water, and continues to endure as one of Canada’s top engineering achievements of the 20th century.
After four years of construction using crews of more than five thousand local workers, the Confederation Bridge opened to traffic on May 31, 1997.
The Confederation Bridge. It connects Prince Edward Island, Canada to the mainland over the Northumberland Strait in the southern part of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. At 12.9 kilometres or 8 miles long it is the longest bridge in the world over ice-covered waters. It takes approximately 10 minutes to across. At the highest point, the bridge reaches 60 metres above sea level, which allows large sea vessels, including cruise ships, to navigate under the bridge between its piers.