Bah Humbug

The internet here doesn't work and my stick connects, but is painfully slow, so I'll leave the blog til I can get a good connection. Takes forever to upload. We're in a bit of a valley here so maybe that's why. Have some good graveyard photos taken at night to upload. Till later then..take care.

Truro, Nova Scotia

Today is a free day unless you signed up for the Tidal Bore Rafting, which we didn't. Will update later when they get back. Man they will freeze, it's very nippy here today. Furnace ran all night.
We are going into the town of Truro later on. They have some tree sculptures we want to see. Apparently a few years ago the trees were ravaged with Dutch Elm disease and when they cut them down they left the stumps, most quite large in height. So someone, who knows who that was, decided that local artists should carve the stumps. I have seen pictures of them and they look quite good, so we are going to try and find them and check it out. Other than that don't think there is alot of see and do here.
Last night was a bit of a mix up. They had scheduled a supper put on for us by the local fire brigade, but our leaders told us they had been trying for 2 weeks via email to confirm this and had not heard one thing back. So they found a local restaurant for us and we were going to go in shifts as it couldn't handle all of us in one go. We were going with the 3rd shift. So the 1st shift set off and we went back to the MH to have a drink and watch some TV (we finally have cable and get more than 2 channels). One of the leaders knocked on our door and said that they had heard from the fire brigade and they were expecting us. So off we went, and off they went to get the people that had gone to the other restaurant. They had finished their meal by this time so they came back to the fire brigade for dessert. The meal was alright, didn't knock our socks off, actually think we would have preferred the other place, oh well.
Will pick this up later.............
Not much more to add..we drove into town, but there really isn't much there. We did check out some of the 'tree statues' cute but that's it.
Heading for Annapolis Royal tomorrow.

Hilden, Nova Scotia

We drove 155 miles from Cavendish P.E.I. to Hilden Nova Scotia today. It was a very smooth ride.
We are all set up now for 2 nights.
Last night we went to the theatre to see Anne of Green Gables. It was an excellent presentation. Enjoyed it thoroughly.
Tonight the Hilden fire department is cooking us supper. Hopefully, they don't get a call, or there will some 40 odd very hungry people. LOL.
Tomorrow we visit the tidal bore centre and learn all about that. Some people signed up for the tidal bore ride, but as mentioned in a previous blog, not our cup of tea.
So as this was a travel day, there is little to report. All is well, AND the sun came out this afternoon, but it is clouding over again.
Till later...take care.

Relaxing Day

Today was a free day, meaning no tours etc. We drove into Summerside about 22 miles away. Cute little town, but it was Sunday, and nothing much was open. We needed to go to Canadian Tire and had to sit and wait for it to open at 12 noon. Any stores that do open don't open til then. Came back and did some RV cleaning, just like a house it needs to be cleaned. Bummer.
Tonight was a lobster dinner with the group at a restaurant just down the road. It was very good. They have a salad bar there that is about 60 feet long. They had mussels there too. Ate my fill of lobster and mussels.
It rained here all day, poured and poured. Tonight it has stopped but it is on the cool side. I actually had to put the furnace on. I imagine over night it will be quite chilly.
Tomorrow we are going into Charlottetown and then later to the theatre to see a production of (what else) Anne of Green Gables.
I won't blog tomorrow as there will not be much to say. The day after that is a travel day and we are heading to Nova Scotia. It will be a long day as it is 158 miles.
Till then..take care.

Touring Cavendish

Lawn furniture made from tree stumps?

 

  Whalebone garden

Red cliffs

 

 

 

Old fisherman talking with our bus driver

 

 

Lobster pots and drying gum boots

 

 

 

At LM Montgomery's home

Today we went on a bus tour and lunch then more bus touring. We went to the home of Lucy Maud Montgomery. For those of you who don't know who she is, she is PEI's pride and joy and she wrote Anne of Green Gables. Everything around here is Green Gables this and Green Gables that. Then we drove to the Cavendish Dunelands Park. This overlooks the ocean. The soil here is just as they say, red. Very pretty park.

Then we drove to a cute little fishing village called Rustic. Perched right on the edge of the ocean. They are mostly all lobster fisherman there, but the season for lobsters just finished so they are hauling all the pots and putting them away until next season. Picture postcard village. As we were leaving we saw this house with a woman tending a small garden. The garden was enclosed in a edging but the edging wasn't wood. It is a jawbone of a whale what washed up on shore 80 years ago. And the old fisherman who lives there was the cutest thing. Typical east coast fisherman.

 

We had some lunch and continued our touring of some more small villages and and very old church. Very beautiful. We also went to an artist's gallery. This is where, I'm supposing local artists, display their wares. The stuff there was unbelievable! Art work, furniture, crafts. Very, very expensive. Our group leader calls those kind of stores, Separation stores, cause they separate you from you money. They had some very unique pieces made from what looked like stumps of wood, but really neat, especially for the backyard.

We got back to the campground about 3:30, dogs were fine but then we had someone come in at around noon to take them for a walk and a piddle.

There's a storm brewing (what else is new), the wind has picked up and I hear thunder. Tomorrow is a nice and relax day, but there is a lobster dinner.

Til then...take care.

Cavendish, P.E.I.

Crossing the Confederation Bridge...

The approach to the Confederation Bridge.

Today we arrived in PEI. What a pretty province. We had to cross the 9 mile Confederation bridge. Amazing piece of architecture.

Haven't done any site seeing yet. Tonight was a pot luck supper. I made a big pot of chili, and almost all of it was eaten.

Tomorrow we're gone on a bus tour from 815 AM to about 4 PM. We are getting a 'dog walker' here at the KOA Kampground to come in around noon for a pee break.

So tomorrow I should have a more informative blog. Till then..take care.

Visiting the Hopewell Rocks

Today we went to see the famous Hopewell Rocks. They are basically, as you see on post cards etc. You can walk down to walk on the sea bottom as the tide is out. It really is just mud and rocks and some sea weed. Be prepared to get dirty, especially your feet. Both Ken and I thought that it was better in pictures than in person, or at least the same. Neat but nothing spectacular. Would have really like to be there to see either the tide coming in or going out. It does so very quickly. But timing was off.

We drove into Moncton, had to pick up some fixings for the Pot Luck tomorrow night. There was an optional trip which was a Tidal Bore Rafting trip. This is a trip in a raft, similar to white water rafting, in which the incoming tides (which are very fast and fierce, and the river meet). It can be a little rough and wet. The river is greatly churned up by the force of the incoming tide so the water is the colour of mud. So not only do you get soaked but you get soaked by muddy water. Nice but no thanks. We opted out of that one.

Tomorrow we head for Cavendish PEI. Crossing the Confederation bridge. We're there for 4 nights.

Till then, take care.