PEI Trip Day 4
Our first full day on the island. We started out with a great breakfast made by our host and then headed out to the west end of the island to attend a local Free Church of Scotland service. 
Here is the church we attended. There were about 25 of us in attendance including the 6 of us. There are 8 FCS churches on PEI and all 8 are being attended to by just one pastor right now. After the service a family invited us to their home for lunch. We spent 2 hours with three families talking about their family histories, PEI, and the church. It was really nice to be able to hear these families talk about their 8 generations of living on the island and all the intricacies of the relationships between the towns and areas of the island. The house we were at was only a few miles from the very northwestern tip of the island which represented the farthest north that we have been on the trip.
We are standing one a rock outcrop at the very northwest tip of PEI. It is near low tide. At this point the waves are coming in from the north and the west and run into each other. It was extremely windy to the point that it was difficult to stand or hold the camera to take a picture.
We toured down the coast to the south west corner and went to this beach. The wind was much lighter and the sun was peaking through. The kids got in the water and got progressively wetter and wetter to the point of being soaked. Just as we were leaving a big rain storm came up. The kids were quite cold at that point but they had had a fantastic time running in the waves.
This is the scene just down the road from our bed and breakfast. Fields of golden hay, some alfalfa and lots of potatoes. We learned that all the french fries for Burger King come from PEI. One of the truckers that brings the fries to the US was at the home were we had lunch.
Here is where we are staying. Part or our room is the porch on the second floor where the kids are sleeping.
Here is the church we attended. There were about 25 of us in attendance including the 6 of us. There are 8 FCS churches on PEI and all 8 are being attended to by just one pastor right now. After the service a family invited us to their home for lunch. We spent 2 hours with three families talking about their family histories, PEI, and the church. It was really nice to be able to hear these families talk about their 8 generations of living on the island and all the intricacies of the relationships between the towns and areas of the island. The house we were at was only a few miles from the very northwestern tip of the island which represented the farthest north that we have been on the trip.
We are standing one a rock outcrop at the very northwest tip of PEI. It is near low tide. At this point the waves are coming in from the north and the west and run into each other. It was extremely windy to the point that it was difficult to stand or hold the camera to take a picture.
We toured down the coast to the south west corner and went to this beach. The wind was much lighter and the sun was peaking through. The kids got in the water and got progressively wetter and wetter to the point of being soaked. Just as we were leaving a big rain storm came up. The kids were quite cold at that point but they had had a fantastic time running in the waves.
This is the scene just down the road from our bed and breakfast. Fields of golden hay, some alfalfa and lots of potatoes. We learned that all the french fries for Burger King come from PEI. One of the truckers that brings the fries to the US was at the home were we had lunch.
Here is where we are staying. Part or our room is the porch on the second floor where the kids are sleeping.
posted by Joel Duff | 8/19/2007 05:21:00 PM
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