Blogs from Prince Edward Island, Canada, North America - page 10

Here's a few photos from our PEI Tour... read more

Wie in deze tijd van het jaar met de auto naar Prince Edward Island wil, moet over de Confederation Bridge. Een hele lange brug met in het midden een vreemde bult en een bochtje die je een mooi uitzicht geven op de brug. Omdat we met de shuttle 's avonds pas aan zouden komen bleven we die avond in een B&B in Charlottetown. De hostels waren dicht en eigenlijk was dit het enige B&B wat open was. Geheel toevallig dus kwamen we daar de WWOOFer tegen die net van ons volgende adres afkwam. De vriendelijke Yorkshireman Edd kleurde ons verblijf met een hoop Britse scheldwoorden. De hostess van het B&B was een erg vriendelijke mevrouw die ons allemaal meenam naar de noordkust van het eiland om het strand en de duinen te zien. De zee was ... read more

Manically trying to recall to Brad the details of the first Anne of Green Gables novels, then the subsequent 7 sequels, we headed towards Prince Edward Island over the controversial Confederation Bridge. And what a bridge it is! Twelve kilometres of concrete over the Northumberland Strait, high in the air too; we were left in awe wondering how it is possible to have that kind of bridge operational in the icy cold winter. Our first introduction to the ‘potato province’ was a trip through agricultural land (ok- really the whole island is a giant potato farm!) from Summerside to the north-west part of the island. We made it as far as West Point and Cedar Dunes Provincial Park. Somehow in the years since reading Anne of Green Gables, I forgot that PEI is also almost completely ... read more

We left Moncton today and headed for the Hopewell Rocks! Google it if you don't know what it is! Basically it's the only place in the world you can walk on the Ocean floor because of the quick tides. As we were walking there...which was about a 15 min hike down the paths Jen and I both had to go to the bathroom. As we approached Jen reminded me of how she hated outhouses..."It will be fine!!" I tried reassuring her. Well Jen walked in two seconds and came out saying "I can't do it!!!" HAHAH What was even funnier was that a cub scout tried using the public outhouse at the Hopewell Rocks and came out gagging and said "That's just wrong!".Lol. His mom said if a cub scout can't handle it than it must ... read more

Ah, a whole day and nowhere to go! well, nowhere in the car anyway. Slept in a bit and had a nice free breakfast at the hotel and headed out for a walk to downtown Charlottetown. Very cool old buildings and houses and churches. Saw a place called Beaton's Wholesale, so we stopped in to look around (since Janet's ancestors that lived in Iris were the Beaton's). Not much there so we moved on. Well, wouldn't you know, we found a local brewery! The Gahon House Brewery. So, we stopped in for a bite to eat (and a beer or two). Yes, Patsy, the Canadian Pub Crawl continues! We liked the stout so much we bought a growler (a 64 oz. jug). It is resting comfortably in our hotel fridge. After taking it easy and lounging ... read more