Prince Ewdward Island, Canada

Everyone has their own list of 'what I want to do someday' and well, because I am a fan of Anne of Green Gables (maybe is the red hair?), one of mine was to visit Prince Edward Island. It intially started out as, 'go on my honeymoon to Prince Edward Island,' but hey, life requires adjustments (and funds and a good reason for the hubby...) So, almost 10 years after the honeymoon, we went! YEAH. And thank you to the in-laws for the wonderful tour!

We took a ferry over from the mainland and this is the last piece of land seen before arriving on the island.

It was cold and wet but the girls managed to go outside on the boat for a short while.

The water was really rough that day and it was hard to walk on the ferry unless holding onto something, but Abby wanted Dad to take her to the front of the boat so they started heading that way, then suddenly jumped backward and for cover around the corner where we were, as a HUGE wave came up over the front of the boat and though they did get a little wet, they avoided being DRENCHED and we all got a good laugh.

Girls playing on a boat inside a boat!

Is there such thing as an outing with Grandpa Simpson not including a treat?

Silly Girls.

The day was cold and rained on and off, we stopped for a moment at one beach so the girls could walk around and just as we got to the bottom, it started to hail hard and it hurt, so needless to say, we all hurried back up to the car and Abby loves to tell the story.

I couldn't miss out on a 'bridge' moment, on PEI with red hair and my future doctor (aka Gilbert...) As one of my best friends in high school and I would often quote, "isn't it romantic?" okay enough sappiness.

And then we headed to the REAL house of a FICTION character...Anne of Green Gables...in the middle of a golf course.

The girls were getting sick of all the picture taking, so to keep them interested in giving me partial smiles, I suggested hiding Jeana's new friend 'Lobsty' the lobster in the picture. It turned out to be too good of an idea because we ended up with even more pictures than I wanted to take, but just for fun, feel free to hunt him out in the following pictures!

Notice the 'Anne' themed hair.

And the girls just couldn't keep their hands off Raspberry Cordial, don't worry there was parental supervision!

A walk through lovers lane.

Some uh-oh K-I-S-S-I-N-G on Lover's Lane.

And some sitting...

Can you tell they are scared in the Haunted Woods of Avonlea?

And some Anne dolls as mementos.

The second day was much warmer, warm enough for oblivious-to-the-cold children to play in the water.

Look Familiar? Yeah, another Anne moment.

And more ice cream...gotta try the local flare.

If you look closely at this pictures you can see a bridge in the background. A seven mile bridge to be exact. Kinda creepy. This bridge goes over the ocean to connect PEI with the mainland. We took the ferry over, then the bridge back. Both were experiences.

Another treat you say?!