We had another fantastic day - what a beautiful place this Prince Edward Island is! Everywhere you turn there are more bays, farms, sea cliffs, white and sandy beaches, boats in harbours and quaint villages. We are just loving it!
We began our day in New London where we were able to see the Lucy Maud Montgomery Birthplace. A modest green and white house in a quiet neighbourhood.
Then off to Green Gables Heritage Site. LOVELY~!!! We all had so much fun trying on Anne's hair!!
Here is "Green Gables" the house that L.M. Montgomery used as her inspiration in writing her "Anne of Green Gable" books. We were able to walk through the house - all very interesting.
The boys busy doing their "Explorer" books while walking through the site.
We walked down "Lovers Lane" and then we walked the "Balsam Hollow Trail" as well as the "Haunted Wood Trail". All so pretty and lots of Lucy's quotes throughout the walks.
We stopped in Prince Edward Island Provincial Park for lunch.
This is Malpeque Harbour. We watched some fishing boats coming in. They had caught eel, rock crab and flounder. There are oyster and mussels farms everywhere.
It was amazing that Anne happened to be at the PEI Dirt Shirt Shop while we were visiting there!!!
Look at this - a red fox on the side of the road!!! Then within a few kms we saw another 5 :)
Another great view of the coast.
Then on our way back to the campsite we saw a bunch of machinery and people working. We stopped the van and went in and asked if they could show us around the potato sorting plant. The guy was so sweet to us all and it was incredible to see how the potatoes went from the field, to the sorting plant and then to the large storage barn.
The barn was only about 1/4 full and there were SOOOOO many potatoes already!! That's going to make a whole lot of french fries :)
The potatoes were HUGE. The man was kind enough to give us each a potato. The one on the left is one we had bought at the store earlier in the week and the one on the right is one of the ones he gave us. We weighed them and they were all around 1 pound each!!!
Guess what we had for dinner????? Potatoes!!!! We baked them and added chicken, onions, broccoli and cheese sauce - SO YUMMY!!!! Another great day!
These hidden treasures can offer some of the best sights and sounds in the province. With its rolling hills, pastoral landscape, scenic trails and back roads, as well as endless miles of beaches, the Prince Edward County has many interesting nooks and crannies.
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