I am writing this on Thursday morning. After a long day of driving yesterday we crossed the bridge to PEI and drove through a lot of farm land. Can’t believe the potato or (budata as Lonna would say) fields we saw along the way. There is a lot of red dirt they even dye tee shirts for the tourist with it. We are here in a campground called Marco Polo Land. A large campground with over 600 sites and all seem to be occupied. We are impressed with the clean well kept up large sites. Shortly after setting up we went to St. Ann’s church for their famous lobster dinners and it was more then I expected. Lindsey said it was the best meal she ever had, not having to have eaten a lobster before. The meal included seafood chowder, mussels, salad, rolls, and choice of budata, veggies, lobster and dessert. Today we slept in for the first time since we started this trip and was a welcome change. We are off exploring and setting up a date for fishing and going to see the play Ann of Green Gables. Noticed lots of shops along the way so I would imagine we will do some shopping. So for now we are off. We took a trip to Charlottetown, about 25 miles away, and made reservations for Ann of Green Gables for Saturday night. We spent some time walking around town in Charlottetown and the waterfront. Lots of shops to checkout. Wondered back to Cavendish and went to the Cavendish Boardwalk. Lots of shops to checkout. Lots of looking, not much buying. I have not been able to get connected to Wi Fi. Went to the office and they said it was down and were working on it but did not know when they would get it up and running. Lindsey and GG (Grandma Gitta) are playing a game and I think I’ll call it quits for now. Tomorrow is another day.
This is Saturday noon and it’s raining. They need it for the budatas. Found our Verizon modem works well here so here we go. Yesterday we went to Lucy Maud Montgomery’s home, author of Ann of Green Gables. We found it very interesting, also Avonlea the village of Ann of Green Gables. We spent most of the day there. We could not get Lindsey away from the animals, especially the horses. She spent at least 15 minutes talking and petting it. This morning we went fishing but the fish weren’t biting. Got lost on the way to the boat and almost did not make the boat. PEI is very difficult to navigate if you have never been here. My gps is very limited so have to rely on old fashion maps. But I do have a map program and my printer along so we manage. Lindsey did manage to catch some bait, a 12” herring. We caught about a dozen for cod bait but they would not co-operate. Neither would the mackerel. There were about 20 on the boat and no one caught a keeper. I managed 2 sculpin which are ugly. Lindsey did see a seal and some other people saw a whale. Sorry no fish pictures this trip. We made it bad to the campground before the rain. Right now it’s pouring out and everyone is taking a nap. It sounds good to me.
This is Sunday noon and it’s another day of rain with rain predicted for the next 2 days. So I’ll update what we did. We drove back to Charlottetown and out to eat before the play. Then we wondered around town until the play started. Even went to Tim Horton’s Jimmy (inside joke). What a fantastic play Anne of Green Gables was, actually one of the best I’ve seen. Lindsey really enjoyed it. Her name is now Cordelia. She loves that name. Today we are laying back I even played games with Linds. We did go to the breakfast buffet here at the park and that’s about all the excitement for the day. We planned on driving the North Cape route today but we hope tomorrow will be a better day. We drove through the park, lots of standing water and feeling sorry for the tent people. Tuesday we will head out to Georgetown for 2 days of site seeing. There is just to much to see and not enough time. We just have to make choices. Lonna thanks again for all the info. Sometimes it can be overwhelming but we are getting along just fine. The Island is all you said it was.
Take care, all Dick, Brigitte and Lindsey……………..
This is Saturday noon and it’s raining. They need it for the budatas. Found our Verizon modem works well here so here we go. Yesterday we went to Lucy Maud Montgomery’s home, author of Ann of Green Gables. We found it very interesting, also Avonlea the village of Ann of Green Gables. We spent most of the day there. We could not get Lindsey away from the animals, especially the horses. She spent at least 15 minutes talking and petting it. This morning we went fishing but the fish weren’t biting. Got lost on the way to the boat and almost did not make the boat. PEI is very difficult to navigate if you have never been here. My gps is very limited so have to rely on old fashion maps. But I do have a map program and my printer along so we manage. Lindsey did manage to catch some bait, a 12” herring. We caught about a dozen for cod bait but they would not co-operate. Neither would the mackerel. There were about 20 on the boat and no one caught a keeper. I managed 2 sculpin which are ugly. Lindsey did see a seal and some other people saw a whale. Sorry no fish pictures this trip. We made it bad to the campground before the rain. Right now it’s pouring out and everyone is taking a nap. It sounds good to me.
This is Sunday noon and it’s another day of rain with rain predicted for the next 2 days. So I’ll update what we did. We drove back to Charlottetown and out to eat before the play. Then we wondered around town until the play started. Even went to Tim Horton’s Jimmy (inside joke). What a fantastic play Anne of Green Gables was, actually one of the best I’ve seen. Lindsey really enjoyed it. Her name is now Cordelia. She loves that name. Today we are laying back I even played games with Linds. We did go to the breakfast buffet here at the park and that’s about all the excitement for the day. We planned on driving the North Cape route today but we hope tomorrow will be a better day. We drove through the park, lots of standing water and feeling sorry for the tent people. Tuesday we will head out to Georgetown for 2 days of site seeing. There is just to much to see and not enough time. We just have to make choices. Lonna thanks again for all the info. Sometimes it can be overwhelming but we are getting along just fine. The Island is all you said it was.
Take care, all Dick, Brigitte and Lindsey……………..
Lindsey said it's the best meal she ever had.She never had Lobster before.
Ann never looked better..........
The view from the back of our trailer in Georgetown on the last day on PEI
On the ferry arriving in Nova Scotia
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