Prince Edward Island

We went up to breakfast this morning and I thought we had an excellent omen with a beautiful rainbow spanning the sky. However, this morning could not be worse. We had pouring rain and “moderate gale” force winds. I’m not making that up. But I would not be deterred. I was GOING to see PEI. The people getting off the ship were literally being blown sideways by the wind. It’s not often in my life I am glad I’m a heavyweight but today I sure was. The little tiny women were literally being blown off their feet.

We board the bus and we drive out to the sand dunes at PEI National Park and they were really lovely. The soil here is a lovely rose brown. The dunes are white and they say the sea is blue but from where I sat today the sea was gray and choppy. We took a couple of pictures but Tom didn’t want to risk the camera and I don’t blame him.

Then we drove to the crown jewel – Green Gables. You start off with a short movie about LM Montgomery and she talks about her motivations to write Anne of Green Gables. I did not realize that the Japanese love this story so much that they make pilgrimages to Cavendish (the location of Green Gables) to get married. It was pouring and the ground was dirt and stone so we couldn’t go to the Haunted Wood and Lover’s Lane. But I found the gift shop okay. As you drive around you see various Anne of Green Gables references like Windy Poplars Inn and the White Sands Resort.

The people of PEI are Scottish and Irish. Our tour guide told a joke that he is Irish and Scottish and he said he wants to get drunk but he doesn’t want to pay for it.

BTW the people who do room service on this ship look JUST like the cast members on Twilight Zone Tower of Terror – except their uniforms are white. Hopefully we don’t drop dozens of floors tonight.

They have a house across the street from where LM Montgomery lived and while it is not authentic they had a bunch of artifacts from that time and when you get up to Anne’s attic bedroom they have that dress from the movie with puffed sleeves. I got all misty eyed. I made Tom take pictures of everything. Poor Tom.

So by this time I realize that my California rain coat is not covering me adequately and I’m getting wet under my coat. Lovely. And it is 50 degrees.

Next we go to the Prince Edward Island Preserve Company and it is run by a Scottish gentleman in New Glasgow and they have some wonderful preserve combinations. Tom’s favorite was blueberry (grown locally) and lemon. His joke was what is a jitterbug? A Scottish man in front of a pay toilet. LOL Then we drove around the island and saw the rest of the sights and came back to the ship. We had a lovely lunch, Tom is now taking a nap and the real knife in the back? It’s now sunny. Windy but sunny. Sometimes the fates are NOT kind.

So tonight we have tea – today is cupcake tea – YUM -- you don’t actually have to drink tea -- and trivia and bingo! So wish us luck!! Yesterday we did bingo and sucked. So we’re due, right?