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Way to and from Prince Edward Island
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The weather was not great but not too bad either and cleared up during the day when we crossed the bridge over to New Brunswick and stopped at the fossil cliffs of Joggins. The tide was up so we could not look for fossils but the scenery was stunning anyways. From there it was about 2 hours to get back to Halifax.
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Charlottetown, PEI
... looks
of things we only just squeezed under!
Quiet night tonight. Not taking in
a show, just happy hour, dinner and bed. Keith and John stayed up a little
longer to watch the ice sculpting and dessert extravaganza. Brought us a
chocolate coated strawberry back each. Not telling what they consumed while we
weren’t there! Nothing we are told. Yeah, yeah.
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Bike like the wind
... easier to remember.
We then drove a few miles further along the coast to another section of the PEI National Park called Greenwich. There were more spectacular sand dunes and a beautiful clean beach. From the parking area, a long winding boardwalk took you to the beach.
We ended our day back in St. Peter's Bay for a dinner at Rick's restaurant. We decided to split an order of fish ...
Into the big city!
... making it Canada's longest running musical. Anne was now 75 and had forgotten most of her lines. Actually there has been a number of actresses playing Anne Shirley over the years. This musical was very well done and we enjoyed it. The characters were well type-casted, great sets, costumes and accompanying orchestra. A wonderful way to end an interesting day.
Tomorrow we are off to a new section of The Island.
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Potatoes and milk - a PEI balanced diet!
... the Duchess of Cambridge stayed here on their visit to Canada in 2011. They were obviously pretty proud of this fact, as there was evidence of their visit everywhere, including the cardboard cutout on the front verandah greeting everyone who arrives!!!
As you can imagine, beaches are everywhere around the island, and a lot of them are GREAT beaches. Our favourite ones would have to be along the east coast. We could easily have spent longer ...