Travel Blogs from Cavendish, Canada
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Cavendish - Part 2
... halves...). Anyway - I only mention that because of the industrial sized waste disposal areas that passed for litter bins on Cavendish beach. Quite amazing - 4 wheelie bins, each colour coded with huge poster boarding outlining what could go in each. I ...
P. E. I - home of "Anne of Green Gables"
... weather was going to be rainy and overcast the following day so it gave me an extra day to plan things. I headed up to Cavendish, where the popular author Maud Montgomery grew up and wrote the popular works "Anne of Green Gables" and "Anne of Avonlea. ...
Prince Edward Island
Hi all, Today was a tarvel day. We only went about 138 miles but the scenery was spectacular. We crossed the Confederation bridge from New Brunswick to Prince Edward Island. The bridge is 9 miles long and spans the North Umberland Straight. the ...
The North Point
Hello everyone, Today was a free day to explore the island. Joe and Linda were our most gracious driving hosts. Joe is a gem. He has no problem haveing 4 women trying to tell him where to go. Our first stop was a shipbuilding museum. Well the ...
My Middle Name is Anne
... the island. The shore is very corrugated and lovely. We see a town built way out on a very narrow spit. Finally we come to "Cavendish"--really just a bunch of tourist traps, with no actual village that we can find. We go to the national park and decide to ...
PEI
Joe drove us out to the Southwest end of PEI to see the house built out of bottles. The original house was built by the lighthouse keeper about 50 years ago. It was pretty neat. there was a small house, chappel and a bar. they covered all bases. WE ...
Cavendish - Part 1
... internet on Prince Edward Island? It is the way forward I feel. The nice man behind the desk furnished me a with a map of Cavendish (which had every building marked - and there were about 5 of them..) and directed me to Green Gables, allegedly round the ...
Anne's Land
... hills and valleys, lakes, ponds, rivers and the ocean seems to be within easy sight at all times. We arrived in Cavendish a bit before dark...found our B&B, Kindred Spirits, which happens to be on Memory Lane, checked in, explored a bit ...
Cavendish, PEI
... of greens! The beaches and unsealed roads are a light red colour, and against the backdrop of a Summer sky in Cavendish, the effect is simply breathtaking. The birds are vocal and the occasional scent drifting across of freshly mowed grass or ...
PEI - What a beautiful Place
... ice-covered water that is 8 miles long. Arriving on the Island was a complete contrast to virtually everything we have seen in Canada. The fields were smaller, rolling hills small woods, it was almost like being back in the UK. It really is a beautiful ...
Prince Edward Island
Hello all, Prince Edward Island (PEI) is absolutely beautiful. The weather has been sunny and cool breeze flows off of the water. Last night was cool so sleeping was very comfortable. We just got back from a bus tour of the immediate area around ...
PEI...A week in review!
... auto parts store to order a second tire. S/b in by Friday. Part 4 to come. Auto repairs done, Nick and I drive out towards Cavendish and drive along the coast. We stop at the Anne of Green Gables tourist destination. Decide against going in. But I’m ...
Deep Sea Fishing and the Ceilidh
What a great day!! Started off kind of blustery, with pretty high winds -- which kind of kept us in the RV's in the morning. But, then we decided to do something -- so we had a quick lunch and headed into North Rustico to ...
Shining Waters Family Fun Park
... played with their new Anne of Green Gables dolls. After an early lunch, we got started though. We headed back to Cavendish for a day at the Shining Waters Family Fun Park ... this is a water park, but really geared to younger ...
A Beautiful Day in PEI
Well, the weather finally broke and we got just a beautiful day. At least 25C, a little breeze -- it was just perfect. So we took advantage and had a big day. First, we took the training wheels off Max's bike --- ...
Baddeck to PEI!!
We got going pretty early, and made it to the ferry in time for the 11am crossing ... This means that we got across to PEI by 1230pm, and stopped at an Information Kiosk for lunch. It was starting to rain a bit, so we were happy to see ...
Another great day in paradise
We had another incredible day. We got up a little later (finally the kids are sleeping in to around 8pm -- but they've been going to bed around 10pm or 1030pm, because it stays light so long!) .. the kids went ...
It's all about Anne
... of them Japanese for some reason) each year. So much so this is apparently the most-visited area on PEI outside Charlottetown. Cavendish isn't the quaint country village I imagine is written about in the book, but more a highway junction, a tourist ...
Cavendish
... a round along with some sodys for the boys and a vitamin c fortified apple juice por moi. Then it's a gorgeous drive to Cavendish where some famous chick lived, and where Mike & Leo conceived their move here. Conceived, not consummated, I hope. We ...
Island Through and Through
... so I just gazed at that and imagined all sorts of splendid things.” We stopped at a few L.M. Montgomery sites in Cavendish; the cemetery where LM Montgomery is buried, the Post Office where she received notice of publication of her manuscript ...
Red Point to Green Gables, PEI
... small villages all very quaint, I made my way to the House of Green Gables. It can be visited as a Parks Canada historical site. Interestingly there was a significant number of Asian people visiting the place, apparently the book of Anne of ...
Auf der Insel unterwegs
... kleine Ortschaften brachte. Die Landschaft ist beeindruckend. Grüne Felder, durchzogen von roten Kartoffelackern und die Küste. In Cavendish angekommen, merkt man sofort, dass alles auf das touristische Ziel 'Anne of the Green Gables' ausgerichtet ist. ...
GPS lost its North, litterally!
... in Rustico, more than 5 roundabouts, neither of us needed more hurdles that day. By late afternoon, we had not arrived to Cavendish yet, 2 1/2 hours behind in time! From Rustico, my now infamous navigation system really got the worst out of us and lead ...
Last entry before leaving the island
... that. If we ever learned how to play golf or decided to take it up as a hobby we could maybe do the same thing. Anyways we fly home tonight so I guess this has been our Eastern Canada experience. Wonderful to see some of Canada and experience the ...
Day 18-20 Prince Edward
Day 18 PEI We're sitting around the campfire in PEI with our Edmonton friends John and Kelty; Rob and Rachel and their families. We're staying at the PEI National Park, just about a 3 minute walk from the beach. The jellyfish are here ...
Last Days on the Gentle Isle
... across from us which channels the sea into the French River, or visa versa, is not an island at all, but the start of the Cavendish beaches that reach off forever to the east. At the back of this the River opens into a bay, that when searching for bar ...
We visit Ann at Green Gables, PEI
... and inlets. Our cottage was well equipped and one of what seemed like several thousand that stood hopefully along the Cavendish Road. Mike and I, claiming infirmities that had surfaced in Halifax, established squatters rights on the main-floor bedrooms, ...
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