After breakfast this morning, we checked out and caught our ride to the airport at 10am. The airport is about 20 minutes away and I used some of the time to call Canadian flight service to get a weather update and file our flight plane. Good news: Sunshine, clear blue skies, and light winds throughout the region. Once at the airport, we took a few minutes to clean up the cabin and reconfigure our luggage for the next stop in Charlottetown. I also had to do my least favorite airplane duty: Clean out the potty –yuck!
We got everybody and everything loaded up and took off just about 11:15am. Flight time was about an hour and 15 minutes. It was a very pleasant flight and I really enjoyed checking out the scenery along the way. We touched down around 12:30pm and there was a van waiting to take us to The Great George Hotel.
Charlottetown is the largest town on Prince Edward Island and it certainly has a different feel than the more rural St. Stephens. Our hotel is a very nice, yet small building that reminds me of a historic home. After dropping our bags in the rooms, the first order of business: Lunch! We took our driver’s recommendation and visited the Water Prince Corner Shop. It was busy with locals eating lunch –a good sign. A couple left as we arrived and we had just enough rooms to put some tables together. I had seafood chowder and a lobster roll and it was fantastic!
After lunch, we wandered down toward the water and discovered a green area for the kids to play and run. We followed the boardwalk around to a tourist shopping area where Michele & Sandy did some shopping. Everyone was starting to fade, so we headed back to the rooms for a quick siesta.
Back in the room, I caught up on some e-mail and then took a quick nap while Brandon & Justin watched cartoons. Around 6:00, it was time to head out again for dinner. Brandon and I left the room a bit early and took a walk around the hotel looking for photo op’s. We met up with the rest of the famil and walked to the Pilot House restaurant, which was very loud, but the food was excellent.
Tomorrow, we have a tour scheduled in the morning and then a show in the evening (Ann of Green Gables).
We got everybody and everything loaded up and took off just about 11:15am. Flight time was about an hour and 15 minutes. It was a very pleasant flight and I really enjoyed checking out the scenery along the way. We touched down around 12:30pm and there was a van waiting to take us to The Great George Hotel.
Charlottetown is the largest town on Prince Edward Island and it certainly has a different feel than the more rural St. Stephens. Our hotel is a very nice, yet small building that reminds me of a historic home. After dropping our bags in the rooms, the first order of business: Lunch! We took our driver’s recommendation and visited the Water Prince Corner Shop. It was busy with locals eating lunch –a good sign. A couple left as we arrived and we had just enough rooms to put some tables together. I had seafood chowder and a lobster roll and it was fantastic!
After lunch, we wandered down toward the water and discovered a green area for the kids to play and run. We followed the boardwalk around to a tourist shopping area where Michele & Sandy did some shopping. Everyone was starting to fade, so we headed back to the rooms for a quick siesta.
Back in the room, I caught up on some e-mail and then took a quick nap while Brandon & Justin watched cartoons. Around 6:00, it was time to head out again for dinner. Brandon and I left the room a bit early and took a walk around the hotel looking for photo op’s. We met up with the rest of the famil and walked to the Pilot House restaurant, which was very loud, but the food was excellent.
Tomorrow, we have a tour scheduled in the morning and then a show in the evening (Ann of Green Gables).
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