Driving the Coast

 Wednesday was our last day on Prince Edward Island. We slept as long as we could and took our time getting ready at the hotel. We then drove back across the island to Cavendish and drove along the coast. What a beautiful drive! Mr. Stannix pulled over at every single look out and rest stop there was. It was a great way to spend a rainy morning. The children caught up on some much needed rest while we drove. When we stopped at the rest stops we would leave our doors open while we checked out the view so we wouldn't wake them up! When we came back to the car we tried super hard to synchronize the door slamming. We are awesome like that. I am in love with this province. The shore line was gorgeous and I would love to drive it all someday!

While we were on that side of the island we stopped and took at peek at the Anne of Green Gables house and Avonlea. It was pretty cool. Had it not been raining and the children not sleeping we may have explored it a little more. But I was satisfied with just being there and seeing it from the outside.

 

We decided to go and see Charlottetown while we were there. We said goodbye to the beautiful red coast line and drove across to the capital city. Even on a rainy day the drive was beautiful. Mr. Stannix being the thoughtful guy that he is kept an eye out for a red dirt road for me to photog. We found some pretty neat ones into some back fields, but couldn't stop in time. I still think this one is pretty great though!

 

We spent our afternoon touring and checking out Charlottetown. The kids mostly enjoyed stretching their legs in a big grassy area while we waited for our tour on the hippopotabus. The tour was super cool. This giant bus/boat drove us around Charlottetown and we checked out all of the old buildings. There was stone buildings, sandstone churches and other gorgeous buildings. I didn't get many pictures because of the plastic windows, but it was still neat to see! Half way through the tour we drove down to the harbor and our bus magically transformed into a boat and took us around the harbor to check things out. It was a nice way to spend the afternoon. We then drove back to the big bridge and crossed over. The kids were thrilled to be back at Nana's with everyone. Hyrum devoured his pancake dinner like a champ. He was a hungry boy after all of that traveling. Camilla was more interested in hanging out with her new friends.

 At breakfast today Mr. Stannix had to take a picture of the milk in a bag. That's the way they get milk here, in a bag. Pretty cool I think! 

 On a side note, Hyrum has really enjoyed watching the Olympics. 

Especially women's soccer.

It's our last day here and we've been spending as much time as we can with everyone before we have to head back bright and early tomorrow morning. It's been a good visit, and long enough that the kids have warmed up to everybody. Hyrum loves hanging out with Nana and walking around with her.

I also adore this picture of Mike with his Nana. They had a great game of crib, and he won. It doesn't surprise me though, he's pretty good! 

 

The kids loved Nana's stairs and they loved Nana's cuddles. I am glad they had the opportunity to meet her and get to know their great Nana a little bit. 

 

 Auntie Sue and Nana cooked a delicious Turkey dinner for us all to enjoy. For dessert we had homemade strawberry pie. Everything was so good! After dinner we took one last group shot before we left. My camera doesn't work so hot at night, so I may have to get a better copy from Tessie.