The wife and I were invited to PEI by my buddy (buddies since grade 5) and his wife to share a BIG cottage on the North Shore ...
At first when we accepted, it was supposed to be in his "father's house", butt that was sold to his niece and she moved there + rented the above cottage to make space lol
There are six bedrooms and the cottage can house fourteen apparently. Pat told me there may be some other visitors while we were there as well, but everyone was going to have their own agenda !!
When it came time to plan the dates ...We did not want to go Labour Day, weekend traffic ? and the following week there were 911 and Friday the 13th.
So ... we left the day in-between 🙂
means ... we left right between those dates of historical significance …
..and numerical insignificance …lol
It was supposed to take us 11 hours and we got there in 11.5 hours
= 10 minutes after announced time
We still had time to go check out the beach and the sundown
Friday the 13th ... facing East = nice sunrises
walked to the beach with Lisa = clique the pics :-)
Land o' the Red !!
Later we visited Charlottetown = Jessica, Donna’s niece, had requested it
Others/we went to the “harbour” if you can call it that ?
Well, there WAS a cruiser !! “Norwegian Joy”
We counted 10 levels of apartments, but apparently there were MORE and the boat could handle about 4000 people including the 1600 crew !!
We had lunch at the Olde Dublin Pub - I tried some dollar oysters and then ordered some more
(it was just the olde ones at the pub lol)
Whacked some golf balls that come out of a vending machine & watched the sun go down The girls went n took pics
Me thinks it was a GOOD DAY lol
Selfie attempt with a large bodied camera
Saturday the 14th
It’s a Saturday and we started the day with 9 holes at the Red Sands Golf Course
Pat hit 43 and me 54 = 11 more - just more than one per hole
After lunch we went and watched some kiters at Kite Point and
Cabot Beach Prov Park
Jessica had to go to Charlottetown airport = smallest airport I ever saw
Met Christin, Pat’s sister and her daughter there - Christie
(and her sons)
On the way back to the cottage we stopped at Sou’West Bar n Grill. I had the seafood pasta/linguine = yumm (it's in New London) This is the dish I ALWAYS order at fancy Italian restaurants (Linguine Pescatore) …
Pat ordered a perverted lager beer called “Shits n Giggles”
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| not our SUV lol |
Leigh n I had a relaxing walk later and all had an evening sit about …
a ceilidh with jokes as entertainment lol
The waves that we can hear from the “cottage” made me realize WHY
it’s called ThunderCove
Went to old Fort Amherst in the morning. The building was “closed for the season” and there was a LOT of literature about the MicMacs/Mi’kmaq.
Once was a fort there that the Brits manned year round to drive out the Acadians → deportation !!. ⅔ of them died !! For me, it was just bumps on a hill lol
We meandered through “Victoria by the Sea” and had lunch at the Lobster Barn, which is right on the dock.
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| old house across the street from the "man bench" |
Afterwards ... We went and wandered on the low tide sand in Argyle Shore Provincial Park.
Then we visited Pat’s dad in his nice apartment before heading back to the cottage TIRED lol
Eighteen holes of golf at Anderson’s Creek Golf Course = $189 each..
We had a twofer = two for one
It was booked as a foursome with our 2 virtual friends..
This means a time-slot that would normally cost $800,
was ONLY $200 for two !!
Told Pat that we owed the bookie at least twenty bucks lol
Pat managed a birdie which is one under par and I beat Pat on one hole …
We were both satisfied with that outcome = the rest didn’t matter …
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| it was a beautiful NOT easy course |
On the way back Pat got some rye and I smoked a jay while he sipped his rye on the deck… It was a VERY pleasurable moment on the deck in the shade 🙂
Rather than taking a shower, I jumped in the ocean at Thunder Cove
and showered after …
Supposed to have pork n BBQ chicken/pork souvlaki and rice
for supper tonight = yumm
Did NOT take ANY pics taday and so, practiced taking moon shots 🙂
Supposed to have a partial eclipse tomorrow night !!
In the morning we went to MacAusland's Woolen Mill - it's bin there since 1932
...for me it's woollen and NOT woolen lol
The ladies packed a lunch and Donna said we would find a picnic table to enjoy it
The ladies did not want the table at Tim Horton’s and the boyz thought there would be NO other
THEN we found one beside the bike path !! on our way to the only alpaca farm ON PEI
which is called The Green Gables Alpaca Farm = OF course lol
Janet has been on the farm for 15 summers now. Maggie is her full time employee
Lady came from Hamilton alone with NO idea what she was doing (crazy lady !!)
Is it still called wool ? lol
When we got back I had a quick swim before preparing the rice and mussels
I had purchased the mussels at $2 a pound from Aqua Farms ...
Now ... Steve and his daughter’s family are here + Connel Smith too
Think the baby was called Aubrey, which is Audrey with a BEE lol
Was supposed to have some kind of partial eclipse,
Thought it was gonna be at 10h30 - oops that's EST and we were one hour later
Apparently the others stayed up late … drinking
As you may or may not know, I don’t drink alcohol anymore and was NOT ready to smoke some wake up weed at 22h30 - would have been awake ALL night ☹️
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Just hanging out in the morning with the 9-10 people of the house.
We observed a waste inspector checking two of the garbage cans at the road
Steve said he was the waist inspector and was counting how many bags o' chips we had had in a week
Later the garbage truck came bye and THEN we saw an American playing with his garbage
He had made a mistake or mistakes in his garbage disposal and now had to bring it to NewLondon.
Yes folks, garbage is an issue on this peaceful island full of such friendly and genuinely happy people.
In the house Pat was our garbage inspector and he took his role seriously lol
Four of them headed out to see Pat and Steve’s father … with the baby …
In the afternoon we, Connell and I, headed out to Kensington to get some beers for Pat n scones 🙂
Before heading out for the evening, Lisa and I went to the beach - me for a swim and Lisa to have a quiet peaceful moment. When we arrived at the beach, there was a cute little 2+ year old girlie coming towards us with a ball of seaweed in her hands. In terms of "comfort spacing", we had NO idea who the "owners"/caretakers of this child were !! However and as usual, I tend to scare the children at first reckoning and so, she turned and fled. As it was QUITE warm for September (even for PEI at 28 degrees C), I suggested Lisa stay closer to the dunes in the shade. When the young lass saw the danger had been removed, she started heading towards the path again !! There still was NO adult movement towards that child !! She was now about 75-100 yards from the beach !! When she got near Lisa, she stopped for a chat ... As I was coming out of the Atlantic Ocean I saw there was a man chatting up my wife = hey !! The little girl was continuing up the sand dune path alone !! When I arrived to the chat, I was introduced as the husband. The fella was the grandfather and they let the girl be, as this was the first time she ventured back to their house on the beach alone AND she was talking to strangers, which the grandparents felt was a good thing. He told us his house was the one with the red roof and we were welcome any time, as there was always good beer n wine. Just say, you're here ta see Billy lol
Evening "gathering" was a ceilidh with the Ross Family in the Florence Simmons Hall, Charlottetown
It was difficult to find the place cuz in actuality it was in the Holland College
They performed for about 1.5 hours and another hour after the short intermission
…in English, French and Gaelic = EFG/effigy lol effigy of PEI !!
softer songs were memorable - especially the Gaelic tune where Stephanie
suggested we all close our eyes ...
"I really enjoyed your show last night. You are sharing the spirit of PEI
We left with a piece / the Peace of The Island forever in our hearts !!"
Thursday the 19th = Time ta say Good-bye
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| Connell was out on a day-pass and Steve does NOT know what to do with his hands SteveReno Corker #2 |
Made it home after 12.5 hours ☹️
Construction on the 40W in Québec was a PITA @#$%^&*(
It was SO much better to just follow 20 → 8 !!
We slept in = 8 o'clock PEI time 🙂
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There is a new coin coming out to commemorate Confederation
...and Christie works for the P.O. and so ... we saw a sample
My impression was," King Charles is a loonie !!" lol
