July 4 Saturday Happy 4th of July Cavendish PEI
We wake up to rain, is that a bad omen or what? We first stop at Green Gables house as we realize that we could have got a better rate buying the historic site pass when we bought our National Park Pass. They give us the discount and only pay another $29 . We head to Charlottetown as I want to go to the farmer's market. We find it with no problem on Belvedeer. There are all sorts of wonderful treats like homemade goodies from jellies, bread,dips and donuts to sausages, organic produce, plants and flowers. Delicious smells tempt us as we walk the aisles of stalls. Too early to eat -too bad. I was looking for new potatoes but I guess we are too early. We head into the city and park at the visitor's center. Here we wanted to do the city walk the AAA book said was to start at 1pm. Well it went at 11am and it is now 11:30. So much for that. So we head out on our own down to George town street once the heart of Charlottetown's business center. We pass the beautiful S Dunstan's Basillica, with their twin tower steeples. The Provence house a national Historic site is next. We view the second floor before viewing a show on the beginning of Canada. The birth of Confederation. We try to have lunch down on the waterfront but there is a concert going on and the music is way too loud. (is this showing our age). We decide to do the Blue Heron Coastal drive. On our way we pass a McDonalds and decide to try their Mclobster. It was very good. $6.00 ea. We stop at Fort Amherst, no building only mounds. We follow the Northumberland strait and circle back to Cavendish. We did see a sign for new potatoes $4 a pound. Were they made of gold????? We check out the Marco Polo RV park. It looked good too. We arrive back around 4. rain ,sun ,cloud, a mix all day the temperature did get up to 74'(23) Bill phones and makes reservations on the ferry from North Sydney to Port Aux Basque ($278)for July 10 so we have a few more days here. We get thunder and rain in the evening.
REMEMBER- You can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.