My original intent on this trip was to head out to Prince Edward Island first thing out of the gate. I’ve always liked the name – so regal!
Prince Edward Island (PEI) is known for two things: Anne of Green Gables and Mussels. But, it is so much more. Beautiful place! Potato fields, cliffs, beaches, lighthouses, seafood and it is the Birthplace of the Confederation.
We drove across the long, long bridge to get onto the island.
Bear loved seeing the water on both sides as we crossed. We were a bit concerned because we were told that the bridge toll was $350.00 CAD. We learned not to believe everything that you hear. It was free to go to the island and cost us $72.00 CAD to leave.
We stayed at the Cavendish KOA on the northern side of PEI. Since we had recently been boondocking, we needed to catch up on laundry. It’s a wonderful thing to have 50 amp service!
For dinner we went local to Chez Yvonne’s which was very crowded. Therefore we thought that the food was going to be great, it was OK, nothing to write home about. We pulled next door to have dessert at BeaverTails which was next to Ripley’s Believe It or Not and really yummy!
A beaver tail is a lot like an elephant ear – fried dough with goodness on top!
Caught a wonderful sunset across the street:
The next morning we drove to North Rustico:
And walked along the harbor:
And saw the statue of the North Rustico Harbor fisherman and lighthouse.
Walked over to the orange beach:
Then drove through the PEI National Park to view the cliffs:
Beautiful area.
We met up with Keenan’s Branch Chief, Rachel, and her family for dinner at the Boxcar Pub and then attended a Ceilidh – pronounced “kay-lee”. A Ceilidh is an island kitchen party with Celtic and traditional music, dancing, story-telling and a red-headed fiddler.
Rachel’s husband, Matt, is from PEI and they visit here every year. Last year they kayaked around the island! Crazy.
It was great spending the evening with them and learning about PEI!
Next day we drove
down to Charlottetown to look around and ate lunch at Fishbones.
Loved the home grown mussels!
Across street was a trio called Cuz – three first cousins playing.
Next to the Performing Arts building which has the play Anne of Green Gables the performers were walking around:
Checked out some other sites in the city:
Bear got some fun in as well at Kinlock Beach:
Headed back to the Busse Bus to drop Bear off (and gave him a bath) before going to the Blue Mussel Cafe in North Rustico.
Excellent food.
We never made it to Anne of Green Gables house for the tour, but we drove by to take a picture:
The following morning we headed back to the mainland and paid the bridge “exit” fee.
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