Absolutely picture-perfect day (75ish and not a cloud in the sky) here on Prince Edward and after weeks of mountains, water, trees and rugged coastline, we are in the heart of farm country! It is hilly and very scenic and they grow just about everything we do back home (fields of corn, soybeans, straw and hay ++++ lots of potatoes, which PEI is known for)! We saw one vineyard and some of the rural homes were selling pumpkins already!
We rode bikes this morning for an hour on the Confederation Trail and then went to 11:00 Mass at St. Mary's. Came back to Daisy, changed clothes and off for the afternoon to Charlottetown (PEI's largest town at around 65,000) with the entire province population at 140,000. Charlottetown is a very charming town with lovely old homes, neat shops and eateries on Victoria Row and several large, old churches. We had lunch at Peake's Quay and then I shopped (Mark had his COWS ice cream for the day) and also came upon the farmer's market. Anne of Green Gables has a chocolate shop and their specialty is "cow chips"....chocolate dipped potato chips - deeevine and very addictive! Drove thru the country for miles and miles of farm country (reminded us of Wisconsin) and saw some dairy cows. They also raise lots of fruit and we stopped at a roadside stand and bought some blueberries. We continue to hear the Irish/Scottish tunes which are very common thruout these Atlantic provinces.
Rows of "socks" from which the mussels attach and grow
At the Annandale Wharf - these old sheds store the lobster traps
Lobster traps
Philip has battened down the hatches on Catrina and they are waiting out Isaac which is wind and rain at this point. We'll hope and pray the folks in the Florida Keys and along the gulf coast are spared any major damage!
And speaking of Philip AND Annette........they are going to have a baby!!!!!! We are sooo happy for them and can't wait till next April when we'll have a new little
addition to our family!
We skyped tonight with Anne, Patrick, Liam and Connor. They are very excited about their new little cousin-to-be and definitely want a "BOY"!!! We're staying in Montague another day. Tomorrow we are off to Cavendish and the land of
"Anne of Green Gables"
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Evening Pat: What news you did have yesterday with a new baby on the way. Brooke said that Philip and Annette are very excited and are already planning nursery, etc. We did enjoy our stay in Charlottetown visiting Victoria Row with their shops and eateries. The flowers in the area I remember were beautiful. Of course, we found the flowers all over the provinces were just gorgeous. We also enjoyed Anne of Green Gables area and found a pottery shop way off the beaten path that Bob and Ralph swore we were on a losing trek and would never find the potter. To their surprise, we finally found the potter and each bought a small pitcher. It was a different kind of pottery that was not smooth but rough in certain places. The lobster traps are just everywhere on PEI and, of course, the mussell farms too. Vernette had mussells several times while we were on PEI, I do remember it being mostly flat country with small hills definitely not like New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Forgot to tell you we also visited the Celtic Lodge when we were on the Cabot Trail. Tommy and Norma took a trip one Fall on the Cabot Trail and said it was spectacular with all the colors. Had a nice day at the lake today. The temps were in the low 80's and just a hint of a breeze. Just a lovely day on the lake. The house is looking good and shaping up nicely. I think most of the landscaping is done and the house has only odds and ends to do. Brooke has the movers coming Monday to get the items in the Bugle Lane house and Good's is delivery the new stuff on Tuesday. They are planning on sleeping there over Labor Day. Well, safe travels and nite, nite.
Love, Judy
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