I’ve just spent a week talking about all the wonderful ways to immerse yourself in the Anne of Green Gables culture when you are on Prince Edward Island. And I am sure I’ll continue to share bits and pieces about that in weeks to come.
But, there is so much more to this piece of the world than one author who based her novels on Prince Edward Island. I want to share a little bit about what else the island has to offer.
It begins with the big Confederation Bridge that you take to get on the island. Even though it was a little rainy and cloudy when we arrived at the bridge, and you couldn’t see very far ahead, we still managed to get a taste of just how majestic and big this bridge really was. And actually, it made our entrance somewhat magical. We couldn’t see the island until we got close to it, so it made it feel like we were exiting our world and entering a whole new world.
There is an amazing welcome center when you first enter Prince Edward Island and I will definitely share more about this later. After picking up pamphlets and maps, we headed on to the house.
Our home for the week was situated right on a red-dirt road. Really! The dirt was red and beautiful and vibrant next to the green grass and colorful wildflowers.
We opened the door to the adorable cottage and were immediately greeted with a welcome basket of yummy goodies. The girls were enamored by the cookies!
After unpacking the car and getting situated, we decided to take a hike to the semi-private beach that we had access to for the week.
All I can say is – AH-MAZE-ING!
Red dirt dunes, soft beach sand, gentle waves, warm water….wait, what? Warm water in a place up north? It was hard to believe, but with the way the gulf stream flows, the water that surrounds PEI is usually around the same temperature as what you’d find on the coast of North Carolina.
I think we spent a little bit of every day on this beach. Sometimes it was for a whole day.
Sometimes it was just to play a game of bocce ball or to have a cook out.
One time, we went down to the beach for a walk after dinner and found the “Teacup” rock that we had heard about.
I could have spent the entire week just at the beach!
But, alas there was so much more to see and do on this island. We definitely kept busy. What I enjoyed was the driving. There was always some little treasure just waiting around a corner for us to see.
One time we rounded a corner and saw the bright blue of the ocean in the distance behind rolling green hills.
Another time, it was a colorful fishing village that is one of the most painted landscapes by artists on PEI.
Another time, we stumbled upon “The Lake of Shining Waters”, a lake made famous in the Anne books.
There was even a time when we found a farm where we could pick up some freshly picked PEI potatoes.
My favorite treasure, though, was one we found at the very end of the week – a road with our family name on it that was all dirt, and covered by a blanket of trees. And all along the road were signs warning cars to slow down for horses. It felt like we were the only ones in the world as we drove through this tunnel of trees, never once seeing another person or car. It was a road named after our family and it felt like it was just for our family.
It was a good way to end our week!
I had forgotten about the water being so warm. You're right...amazing because Maine waters are extremely cold and PEI is further north. Loved this blog...hugs
Posted by: MaryBeth Hibbert | 07/15/2013 at 01:35 PM
So nice! We were spoiled by the helpful PEI Visitors Centers. We have not found other centers to be nearly so helpful or informed.
Posted by: CFS | 07/31/2013 at 11:36 PM