State Fair

The state fair is a great place to take photos.

let's go to PEI | Part 5 (The Finale)

[I have so many photos from this Island. It was such a beautiful trip. I can't believe it's already been about three months since! And I'm finally getting around to posting the final part of these two weeks so this is a photo-heavy post...Enjoy!]



There are several ways that one can arrive on Prince Edward Island - Plane, bridge and ferry.

With the long trailer in tow, the "cheapest" option was crossing the seven mile bridge.

It's just beautiful scenery. 

It's weird crossing a seven-mile bridge. It goes on and on.

Once we arrived on the island it was another forty-five minutes to the other side to the town of Cavendish where we were staying. That evening we set up camp and enjoyed getting settled in watching part of Anne of Avonlea to set the tone. :) Those movies are the best.

The next day we planned to do a bike ride around some of the island. We were able to ride straight from the campground. The weather was beautiful as you can see in the photos below. We rode through farmland, by the sea and eventually ended up on Cavendish beach. The locals wouldn't suggest going there as a lot of tourists do, but it was still a lovely place to go.

We stopped to eat our packed lunch by the ocean.

 ^^walking on the sand dunes. It was fun to be here with my littlest sister. We kept pretending we were Anne on the sand dunes, imagining what it must've been like. :) Little siblings keep you young.^^

The following day we visited a local church and spend some time seeing the surrounding area. It was going to be the day that we toured where L.M. Montgomery grew up and found inspiration for her Anne books.

I noticed that it is a quiet island despite the many tourists that visit here. It is a place to seek solitude and rest. It is a farming community. It is relaxing driving with farmland on one side and ocean on the other. 

 ^^I thought this house was beautiful with the ivy growing on it. Many of the houses here are similar to this. Beautiful farmhouses.^^

^^my dad wanted to take the boys deep-sea fishing so we stopped at a few places to check out prices^^

We dined at the Fisherman's Wharf despite some warning against it from our guidebook as it compared it to the McDonald's version of seafood. Don't be deceived by the 60-foot salad bar... My suggestion would be go somewhere else. It may be an experience and it may be tempting, but the cost compared with the quality are not equal. It isn't the worst place I've eaten, but it wasn't the best. If you want local seafood, you can get it here, but save your $$ and go somewhere else.

I would highly recommend eating at The Lost Anchor in Cavendish. We ended up eating there twice in our short stay. The staff are friendly and personable and the food is delicious.

After we finished up, we headed over to Green Gables. My little sister, mom and I were excited to tour this place especially since we love the movies and books. This particular place was owned by cousins of L.M. Montgomery. She grew up on the adjacent farm but spent much of her time here. She found the majority of her inspiration for her Anne books here. Lovers Lane...The Haunted Wood...

The farm was turned into a bed and breakfast by her aunt and uncle until the early 1900's when her book started to become popular. They eventually sold the property to the government because the amount of tourists became overwhelming. How neat would it have been to stay there? They've decorated many of the rooms as they were described in the books.

 ^^ They have short guided tours of the farm.^^

^^In the Haunted Wood...It didn't feel so haunted with the bright shining sun... Or the golfers teeing off through the trees...You'll need to use your vivid Anne-imagination to get the haunted feeling.^^

 

On Monday, my dad took the boys deep-sea fishing so we enjoyed a girl day touring Avonlea Village. We wanted to be independent so we rode our bikes even though it was raining. We were soaked in the five-minute ride from the campground.

 

 ^^The best ice cream on the Island, and quite possibly in life. It's so good we even had to stop at the one right on the edge of the island on our way off...And it was around 10AM too, so that's saying something.^^

 

 ^^ A fun band that played local island songs.^^

 ^^ Rachel Lynde teaching how to dye wool (with a new dye called Kool-Aid..)^^

^^In one of the houses^^

That evening we spent at the campsite, using our firewood and drinking raspberry cordial.

It was a lovely last evening there on Anne's Island. If you made it to the end of this post, congratulations. Thanks for reading.