Charlottetown

Today was another traveling day. We left Halifax and drove to Charlottetown on Prince Edward Island.

on the way,we stopped at a service centre at a place that claimed to be halfway between the equator and the north pole. The whole service centre had a mammoth theme because a mammoth skeleton had been dug up there at some point. This included mammoth minigolfm- in case you wanted to break your trip along the trans canada highway with a spot of mini golf. Reminded me of Sam and max hit the road.

I had a bit of a drive - just to remind myself how freakishly odd it is to drive on the wrong side of the road.

We took a bit of a side trip to a place called Pugwash. I really wanted to go there because of fond memoriesmof reading a Captain Pugwash story to the kids whe they were little. It is also the home ( as it turns out) of Seagull pewter - which Glenyce is really fond of. But we ended up not being there at the right time for the factory tour.

The trip from new Brunswick (the province next to Nova Scotia) to Prince Edward Island included crossing a 15 kilometer bridge. That is an awfully long bridge as it turns out. When you are in the middle you can only just make out either of the shores you are travelling between - so it is kind of like driving over the middle of the ocean.

The whole area is really pretty. Very green, bits of ocean view all over the place. Houses with that gingerbread look about them.

Tonight we are in Charlottetown. Another very pretty down. The cruise ship seems to have followed us here - and could well be bigger than the whole town. Anne of green gables is all the rage heren- have downloaded a copy of the book to read while I am here.

The local delicacy here? ChocolTe coated potato chips. I kid you not. True,these are two of my favorite foods - but together?