More PEI and car woes

Hi everyone!

Tuesday today, and we leave here tomorrow, to head to NB en route to Quebec. On Monday we went into Charlottetown (PEIs capital city) and had a great day. We dropped our Honda off for its service and were shuttled into Charlottetown. Went to Founder's Hall, which is a display describing Canada's Confederation (I know it might SOUND boring, but it really isn't). In fact, even Ceilidh gave it an 8.5 out of 10. Basically, we entered into a "time capsule", in 1864, when delegates came to Charlottetown to discuss a union, originally intended to be a Maritime Union, but Canada East and West (now Quebec and Ontario) crashed the party to suggest the union of all the provinces.

We then went through each stage, listening to a "reporter" cover the news via headsets. There are models, interviews with with the people involved, and some funny anecdotes. The funny thing is that even though PEI hosted the conference, they did not decide to join Canada until 1873. Then the exhibit goes through how each province joined, ending with Nunavut in 1999.

After that we headed into town for lunch, and a little shopping. Mhairi made the sales clerk in bookstore laugh out loud when she asked "Do you have the 'Anne of Green Gables' books?" I wish I could count all the "Anne's" on display; from dolls and figurines, to chocolates, books, tea towels, t shirts, etc etc. Anne is big business. We got tickets for the musical "Anne of Green Gables" for that night. Checked in about the car. Had left the lug nut key at the campsite so they couldn't do all the servicing. Made an appointment for today.

Came home, had a quick dinner, and then back into town for the play, which we all thoroughly enjoyed.

Today, we looked for the lug nut key...no luck...we have lost it. Phoned the Honda dealer where we bought the car and they said each dealer had a master set...not in Charlottetown, apparently! So, we need to wait til we get to Quebec and discuss the whole thing IN FRENCH!
We'll probably end up with red flames painted on the side of the van by mistake. We did go down to Cavendish beach and cycle along the dunes trail, which was wonderful. The sand has a red tinge too, and the kids saw red jellyfish!

So, we all recommend a visit to the Maritimes. We like the pace, the friendliness, and aside from some rain yesterday, the weather. The family next to us in the campsite are from Port Coquitlam; isn't that always the way!

We also have eaten PEI potatoes for the past two nights; they are really really good. Apparently this is new potato season, but when the others are harvested in the fall, they are as large as a litre milk container! Most of those head to McCain for frozen fries.

Dennis is desperate to see a moose; we keep seeing signs for them, but to no avail. Apparently there are lots in Newfoundland, and one guy told us he saw one whose back was 8 feet tall. They are not animals you want to mess with, or find on the road ahead of you in the dark.

No wifi at the campsite tomorrow, so you will likely hear from us from "la Bell Province".

Off to have smores!