By the time we reached Cavendish it was mid-afternoon. I wasn’t sure exactly which spots were the best to visit, so spent a bit of time in the Visitor’s Centre checking things out. The old post office where LMM had worked was across the road, as was the Green Gables house of the story, so we stopped in there first and spent some time reading the displays. Then I figured we’d head over the Anne of Green Gables theme park, down the road a ways. But by the time the kids and walked over it was 4:30 and the park was to close in half an hour, so we just visited the gift store as I wasn’t about to spend $50 in entrance fees for just a half-hour visit.. (Instead I spent about $80 on gifts!!)
As it turns out, the Anne of Green Gables National Park was the place we should have visited. At the end of the day I was rather disappointed by having missed out on any of the main Anne attractions, after having read the book to the kids and having built up some expectations. But they didn’t seem to mind so much, and we enjoyed a Cow’s Ice Cream (best on the Island!) and they each bought an Anne-themed t-shirt with their allowance, so the day was not all lost. And the fish chowder we enjoyed for supper was superb!Our final day we spent exploring Charlottetown. We started with a visit to the provincial legislature, moved on to the Confederation Centre outside which we enjoyed a performance by the Young Players, paused for lunch on Victoria Row, came back along the shore boardwalk, and ended the day with my visiting the Founders Hall for a multimedia presentation about the making of Canada (which brought me a few realizations I hadn’t fully understood before!) – in which John A. MacDonald played a part - while the kids and Laolao & Laoye played along the shore.
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