"Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet." -Anne Shirley |
After seeing Quebec City Laura, Lindsay, my mom, and I piled
into Laura’s CR-V and we drove to Prince Edward Island. The drive was quite
long and went through New Brunswick which, in my estimation, is nothing but
trees. Laura coined the term “Boo Brunswick!” which we all shouted whenever something
was annoying or didn’t work out right. We drove by a town called Saint-Louis-du-Ha!
Ha!. Read the name of that town with a French accent and you’re sure to giggle.
"This way to Prince Edward Island!" |
Dreams came true during our three days on Prince Edward
Island. Lindsay and I are both big Anne
of Green Gables fans and we’ve wanted to come here for years. We stayed in
a house with a lovely view of the water and terrible Wi-Fi. We complained
plenty about the Wi-Fi.
The view from our backyard. Our neighbors wanted to remind us we were in Canada. |
We toured the actual Green Gables which was way fun.
Obviously Anne Shirley is fictitious, but L. M. Montgomery used a relative’s
house for her description of Green Gables in the book so the house and
surroundings are quite real. I loved it all and learned loads about L. M.
Montgomery’s life and how she singlehandedly saved the north shore of Prince
Edward Island by making tourists visit it. The only disappointing thing we
learned was that the movies were filmed in Ontario. There was an “Anne” walking
around the park all day and I got my picture taken with her twice.
Me: Is it okay if I put my hand on your shoulder? Anne: Why sure! Thanks for askin'. |
Me: Can we get a picture with you? Anne: Didn't I already take a picture with you? Me: Yeah, but you were wearing a different outfit. |
Lindsay became inexplicably obsessed with dunes and
lighthouses during the visit. We went to a beach that supposedly had the best
dunes and Lindsay shouted, “Dunes!” when she saw them (which is a perfectly
logical thing to do). Laura and I started saying “Dune!” in the same way that a
surfer might say “Dude!” We ran with that joke for a while. In Lindsay’s zeal for
lighthouses we drove on a dirt road to see one. The road was made of PEI red
dirt, so that was cool. But then the road got really rough. Like, so rough that
a car couldn’t make it through and Laura’s Honda CR-V jostled, swayed, and
bumped like the cars on the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland. But then we got a
beautiful view and all was right with the world.
Dune! |
The lighthouse was a letdown, but the view was superb |
My favorite place we visited on the island we discovered
quite by accident. Lindsay saw a painting of it at a restaurant and said, “I
want to go there. I want to go to Thunder Core.” Laura responded, “Do you mean
Thunder Cove?” She did, she just read it wrong. It took a little sleuthing to
figure out where it was, but the old man at the information booth told us
exactly where to go. As we were walking along the beach to the cove we realized
we were on the famed “singing sands” that make a whistling sound when you drag
your feet across them. Super cool and I’m sure there’s some science reason for
why that happens. The cove isn’t very well known so it was just the four of us
there and we laughed our heads off taking silly pictures.
Jump if you love Thunder Core. I mean Cove. |
During the trip Laura got a glimpse of why I’m so full of
myself. Out of nowhere and with absolutely no irony my mother would say
things like, “Ben is just so handsome and smart. We just love him so much." One time when I was driving my mom said, “You’re doing such a great
job driving, Ben,” and Laura and I burst into laughter because all I’d done was
turn a corner which typically does not warrant praise. My parents have told me
how awesome I am all my life and so I just believed them. But they’re totally right,
I am awesome (or “rad” depending on who you ask). I’m a product of the
Pygmalion effect.
My mom loves me even more than I do |
Laura ordered invisible ice cream. Only really smart people can see it. |
While we were in Quebec City we had a really cute waiter
that Lindsay and Laura were very taken with. After we left the restaurant Laura
lamented that she hadn’t taken a picture of him and that she could have easily
snapped a photo while pretending to take a selfie. For the rest of the trip
whenever I’d see a cute a guy I’d say, “Laura, take a selfie!” and she’d pretend
to take a picture. The only “selfie” she actually took was of our waiter at
this delicious pizza restaurant in Cavendish. Not only was he cute, but he
loved our banter so much that he told Laura and me that we should do improv. A
guy who compliments us like that totally deserves to get his picture taken.
Jonathan the waiter talked to us for at least 20 minutes. He wanted us to like him and we did. |
I want to point out that in the picture of us in a boat (on land) at the lighthouse, I am doing "scared of boats" pose. But if Jonathan suggested I go in a boat, I definitely would. Also "scared of ocean" is a valid pose for me, thanks for the piggyback ride to get me over to the amazing part of thunder cove so I didn't have to get wet! And don't forget, we also saw the lake of shining waters that day!
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