Day 58 - Monday, July 28 - The Birthplace of Confederation Celebration

It rained last night and is very cloudy today so a good day to drive around the east coast, or part ways anyway.  

Note there is a Needs Convenience Store at every corner in the Maritimes, much like the 711 at home.  Just wanted to mention that as we just went by another one.  

Driving along the back roads as usual we go through many small townships or communities - most are just farms and they don't have any services, maybe just a church or two.  

There are fields upon fields of potatoes, all in various stages of growth, and some in flower as the picture shows.  PEI is really the Potato Capital of Canada I think.  Really PEI is a farming Island, with fields of grain, strawberry fields forever (ha) corn fields and other root vegetables.  Think of PEI as a big platter - all around the edges are fishing villages and the middle is one big farm!  At least that is what we have seen so far.  

We drove to Georgetown and stopped to wander around.  There is a Confederation Trail here that is about 30km long along the shore line.  This is part of the trail, and there are some kids enjoying the wooden train.

This is also where three rivers meet and has the distinction of being the birthplace of Andrew A. McDonald, Prince Edward Island's Father of Conferederation.

Our next part of the journey brought us to Buffalo Land Provincial Park.  You can view buffalo and white tail deer in the park - these were originally in Alberta.  It looked like the gates were locked so we couldn't go up to the viewing platform, but we did get to see some of the herd.  

Down the road some more and we end up at Murray River and stop for our snack at the park.  Gidget enjoyed the break as well. 

Along Hwy 24 the road ahead of us looks like a roller coaster and we feel like we are on top of the world. Whee, up and down!  

 

As I mentioned earlier most places are just farms - there is a farm at the top of one of the hills in Caledonia.

So that is the end of our drive for today we are now in Charlottetown and going to walk around the waterfront where the 150 years celebration is happening.  

These two ladies were sitting enjoying chatting with everyone as they went by.  They were actors for the celebration and played their roles so well.  

Down the road on the way to the waterfront we came across the George Hotel - it is actually three separate buildings - each one had a different name and as you can see each a different color.  Quite a different concept.  

The marina and waterfront are alive with people laughing, eating, shopping and wandering about.

In the background you can see the concert set up - they have a concert every night, but it is first come first served and we are quite a ways out of town so we won't be going.  Cows is apparently the best ice cream in Canada they say.  It is very good.

Some beautiful flowers adorn one of the shops - the fragrance was heavenly.

Makes me think of my friend Kathy - such an amazing gardener! 

One of the streets was closed off for patio dining and they had live music going all day.  We sat down to have a refreshment - a beer and oysters, mmm.  

The band was really good for a group of young teenagers.  They sang bluesy and soft rock music, and called  themselves "Ripped Paper".   The singer played the harmonica too and very well I might add.  We were both impressed. 

A great way to end our day.

Goodnight from Gidget - she went for a bath and groom today - she was too hot so she got a summer shave!  And yellow bows in her ears!