Charlottetown

We are once again at a campsite with no computer access. Right now I am in the public library right downtown. We arrived in PEI on Friday, one day later than we planned. On Wednesday night, back in Shediac we got new neighbours. They were from BC (Prince George) and they had 4 children, 3 girls and a boy. The oldest was Jenna's age and the youngest (the boy) was Matthew's age. The kids and the parents all hit it off really well and so we decided to stay for an extra day. We went to the beach, had lunch and had a lobster feed. We had a great time together. Jenna even had a sleepover in the tent with their oldest Katelyn.

On Friday it was cloudy so it was a perfect travelling day. We had about a 3 hour drive over the bridge to PEI. The bridge was huge!! We couldn't see it all though because of the fog. On Saturday it was beautiful weather but we decided to stay in camp and do laundry and all the shopping type stuff. On Saturday night it poured and on Sunday morning it was cool and windy. After church we headed out to drive around and see what we could see. We found an awesome beach by St. Peter's Harbour. Because it was so windy the waves were huge. We were very sorry we hadn't come more prepared with our bathing suits and boogie boards. The kids played in the surf and of course they all got a little wet (some more than others) and climbed and rolled and jumped off the dunes. We kept on exploring and just followed roads (red dirt roads) and found a few more beautiful beaches. Our truck is still covered in red mud. On Monday we needed to ride those waves so we set out even though it was cloudy. The water is so warm compared to the Pacific Ocean. The water temp was 18C! We had lots of fun in the waves even though they weren't as big as the ones on Sunday. Eventually everyone got cold and we packed up. Today is beautiful sunshine again but everyone wants to stay at camp and play with their friends so we are catching up on things and hopefully we will hit the beach tomorrow. We also plan to see Avonlea and experience a little bit of the Anne of Green Gables tourist mecca.

We are so amazed at how friendly the people are here. We have several people around camp that make their living fishing. It has been very interesting finding out about their lifestyle and the work that they do. They all seem to make a very good living from the sea. They primarily fish for lobster but also for tuna and they culture mussels. There is no recreational fishery in PEI. The lobster fishing is only for those with the license. No one can just drop a trap for dinner. The tuna season has just opened so we plan to go down to the docks and see if we can see a tuna on the scale. Our next site in Nova Scotia (Friday) will have wifi so we can post some pictures of the beautiful PEI beaches.