Day 23 in PEI

We found a very nice Super 8 in Cornwall just outside of Charlottetown on Prince Edward Island.   It has turned cold again and I needed a dip in the hot tub to warm up.  I have been very impressed with the amenities of most of the Super 8's across the country.   This one had a great pool, hot tub and weight room, and excellent breakfast in the morning and a very good restaurant just across the parking lot.

We briefly toured downtown Charlottetown spending some time at the Basilica and decided to head off to Cavendish and Ann of Green Gables.  (The newspaper is full of stories that Will and Catherine plan to spend July 4 and 5th here to tour the Lucy Maud Montgomery sites).  Unfortunately it was too cold and rainy to do any touring of this or any of the beaches so we headed back over the bridge and into Nova Scotia. 

Prince Edward Island is beautiful and pastoral but it looks as if most of the green fields on the farms are devoted to a yellow flower that looks suspiciously  like dandelions.  It is nice to look at fields of green and yellow but I doubt that there could be any monetary value in it.   And it doesn't look like many of the red soil fields have yet been sown with potatoes.  It may be that we are just a bit early as there are daffodils in bloom at the moment  with tulips just starting to open.