Sept 1st

So here we are, on saturday morning and what to all the old poop's want to do?...

...do crossword puzzles, and cryptaquotes and the like!

With a little careful nagging I soon have them up and out of the cottage. It's time to go shopping. Misster-Kitty means business! (pardon the pun) First stop... back to Victoria-by-the-Sea and the Sea Nest...


...to buy some candles and a Memory box with sand and shells and sea-glass and and and... (It sits on our window ledge in the office now.)

Then straight away we are off to the Island Chocolate Company... to buy... you guessed it Chocolates...



Incredible handmade Belgian chocolates We got a box full of em and a bag of dark chocolate Espresso Beans.. BUZZ BUZZ!

Then we went on to "Memories for you" and I got one wonderful memory... I asked my parents to sit together so I could take a picture, and they both grumbled but they obliged... I like this pic a lot.


After a quick drop off of our newly acquired things at the cottage, along with some fresh veggies from the farmer's market, we were headed to Charlottetown, but not before I snapped the shot in the field behind our cottage...


We stopped off at Maggie's Restaurant in Cornwall, for... Lobster Rolls... what else? and then finally made our wat inot the City and headed straight for Peake's Wharf and.... drum roll please...


COW'S ICE CREAM! (YEA again! What's your point?)

But before we got our treat, we did our touristic duty again...

Mom and Dad...


Me and Didier...



Thereafter we went to see the Sandland Exhibit...

You've never seen such sand sculptures!

Then we went by Province (Confederation) House...


... and then returned to the cottage.

While Mom and Didier prepared dinner I snuck off to the beach to take some pictures of a GORGEOUS SUNSET....




... and was met by my dad. We talked a bit, looked out over our beach and strolled back to the cottage.

Dinner was delicious Parmesan Chicken by my Mother, Barbecued Vegetables by Didier and Dessert was a sort of Apple Crumble by me... with Ice Cream... Naturally!

We watched Little Miss Sunshine, one damn good movie!, and then hit the sack.

Just how many terrific days can you possibly fit into one vacation... I ask you?!

Aug 31st

Sometimes in life you feel like you just keep going in circles... That was our day on the 3st... and it all revolved around Highway # 13 (insert ominous music here).

We got up, as per usual, around 9:30, got a bite to eat and headed North along Highway #13. We passed PEI's one and only "Ski Resort" Brookvale Alpine Winter Activity Park...

(there's a 250 foot slope!)

Thereafter we headed directly on up to Burlington to visit a childhood memory favoutie...

Woodleigh Replicas...

Here is Yorkminster Abby...

As you can see we brought along our trust travel companion Leo the Bear. (He travels whenever we do... He's been to Toronto, Québec City 5 times, Halifax twice, France and now PEI...)While he's not in a lot of pictures of this trip, he was the START of the show at Woodleigh, as things were just his size...

The Pillory, in front of Dunvegan Castle.

Didier...

Misster-Kitty...

... and Leo...

Dunvegan Castle...

Didier at Dunvegan ...

Loook up, look waaaay up... Leo conquers Dunvegan Castle...

...Leo at the base of Neilson's Column...

... Leo staddles a connon at the Tower of London...

I told you... he stole the show!

Later we took a strole through the gardens. The pod paddle boat pond is now a water lily pond, absolutelt bussing with damsle and dragon flies!

After our tour of the park we mooooooooooved on up to the Cavendish Boardwalk and went to...

Oh you people are really starting to catch on! You can damned well bet we were not going to miss having an Ice Cream at the original COWS Ice Cream store!

We then walked around the board walk, buying more souvenirs, and t-shirts, including 6 Cow's T-Shirts and 2 PEI Dirt Shirts...

Then back down the Highway #13 to the cottage where we picked up Mom and Dad and headed ... yup, you guessed it, back UP the Highway #13 to North Rustico, where my parents wanted to take us for a fantastically incredible Lobster Feast at the Fisherman's Wharf.

We first were served Seafood Chowder, then had plates full of steamed mussels and then a 60 foot salad bar and then the main feast of Lobster... I don't think we've ever eaten so much... we were so full that we were all groaning and huffing as we made our way back to the car... to take the Highway #13 back to the cottage... When we got home we were all so incredibly full that we could do nothing but just collapse on the chairs and sofa... and soon all waddled off, stomachs still full, to slumberland...