Saturday, June 27, 2009 – Day 30

Province House – History of Canada
As we were staying in a hotel in the heart of Charlottetown, we were within walking distance of everything we wanted to do. We decided to start our day with some history and so we headed straight for Province House. Province House is the PEI legislature which is now a National Historic Site.

The reason this building is so significant is because it is the location of the Charlottetown conference where the Canadian fathers of Confederation first met all together to discuss the idea of uniting Canada into one country. There was an older but excellent film to describe...

Friday, June 26, 2009 – Day 29

We found a great Camping site right in Cavendish which was close to all of the “Anne of Green Gables” sites. The kids were excited to go swimming and we didn't even leave the campground to go sightseeing until around noon.

Skip Avonlea Village Attraction

We headed out to what we were told was the best tourist attraction, the recreated village of Avonlea. In the village they recreate the story of Anne of Green Gables. In the morning Anne arrives by train and is brought to the village where there are a number of scenes recreated from the book throughout the day. I have to say that I was very...

Thursday, June 25, 2009 – Day 28

Hampton Inn
The kids were excited to be in a hotel again and were even more excited that the Hampton Inn of Moncton, NB had a water slide. They were up at 7am when the pool opened to get wet. I didn't see them in the pool much as they were busy finding creative ways to go down the water slide. They splashed around for a few hours before helping themselves to the complimentary breakfast that was served until 10am. I'm just glad they serve breakfast that late otherwise I would have missed it due to staying up late and sleeping in.

Caving Near Moncton

We couldn't wait around long...