Northeastern PEI - June 10, 2017

 Beautiful sunny day.  Jack had not even heard of Anne of Green Gables, so he passed when I wanted to visit L. M. Montgomery's cousins' home that she used as the setting for Anne's adoptive home.  For those of you that have not read the book(s), you can just skip over the next paragraph or two and the many photos.  The house matched what I had in my mind's eye from reading the book, even the victoriana room decor.  The property included Anne's dreaded Haunted Woods trail and her favorite Lover's Lane trail.  I did not get to see the Lake of the Shining Waters as that was at another site.  This area is all things Anne of Green Gables, or I should say L. M. Montgomery.  Where she was born, where she taught, where she boarded when she taught school in another town, etc., etc.

Susan and other needleworkers, I thought this mantel cover would be of interest....

Love the old slamming screen door - reminds me of my childhood

 

 

We stopped at a few craft shops, but although we found a few things that whispered our names, we passed on anything that did not hollar for us to take them home.  A few miles further east, we stopped in a small village of Rustico, an Acdian (French) village where a bank was started by the local townsfolk, encouraged by their Priest, in 1864 to provide funds to each other - they said it was the first "credit union" that started the concept in North America, although Jack and I think Savings and Loan may be more appropriate for the U.S.  It had to close in 1894 due to Canadian banking regulations, but it saved many local farmers and fishermen from financial ruin.

Printing his own money

Next door, was a typical Acadian home with dovetail corners that we toured and nearby was the oldest Catholic Church in Prince Edward Island still in operation, built in 1838.

Typical Acadian Farmstead from the early 1800's

Clay Oven

We continued northeast along the coast with views of the coast on our left and farmlands on our right.  At one point, we saw a sign (one of many) pointing to a town off the main road and we decided to explore.  As we drove down to the tiny harbor, we saw three women on horseback in the surf - just wonderful.  We could not tell if one rider had been thrown off, but if so, she appeared unhurt.

We eventually made our way to the Easternmost point of PEI to see the lighthouse and park there for the night, overlooking the ocean.  Unfortunately, the folks that had reported that parking there was okay were a bit out of date, as there were signs saying no overnight parking.

Jack made me post this.

At East Point, the road turns southwest back along the coast and in 20 minutes, we had a campsite overlooking the ocean at Red Point Provincial Park.

A really good day.  Forgot to mention that the day we played golf, we were in the pro shop after our round and guy comes up to Jack and asks if his Legend Oaks shirt is the course in South Carolina.  Turned out, he is visiting here from Toronto, but he and his buddies used to go to Legend Oaks every spring for a golf getaway.  As Anne of Green Gables said, "It is a small big world!"