Anne and a touring adventure

Summerside, Canada

Yesterday was another rainy and cloudy day so I did laundry and cleaned my house on wheels and made up the single bed to give it a try instead of the double. Gives me a whole new perspective on life from a new perch in my trailer.

I did venture into Charlottetown last evening though to have an excellent dinner and to see the Musical Anne of Green Gables. Kind of a “must do” when in this land of Lucy Maude Montgomery and Anne Shirley. This is my second experience and it was a lovely as the first. The actors who portrayed Anne and Matthew were excellent. Gilbert not so much – not that he wasn’t good, just that he didn’t fit my mind’s eye as to what Gilbert should look like!

Today the weather cooperated so I was up and out on the road, pretty much following the coastline on the north and south shores in the central region. The north shore is miles and miles of white sand beaches and sand dunes with some fishing villages thrown in. You could walk for miles and not see another soul.

The south shore is a little more dramatic because the red colour of the soil extends to the beaches there. I stopped for a great cup of chowder on the wharf in Victoria-on-the-sea, near the north end of the Confederation Bridge. I didn’t stop to take a picture of it.

On both shores the water is still darn cold! No thoughts of swimming although I did do some wading. And of course there were kids in the water on most of the beaches.

This evening I’m in Summerside to see the opening night performance of Highland Storm, put on at the School of Piping.

A Happy Canada Day tomorrow to everyone! I have decided to forego the Charlottetown extravaganza and instead spend it in North Rustico, near Cavendish, as I’m told they really go all out and there is something appealing about participating in a small town celebration.