Today we made the obligatory PEI trip to Cavendish, PEI and Green Gables to hear the official presentation of PEI's most famous resident, the fictional character created by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Anne, in the eyes of most PEI residents, represents the life of a young heroine in PEI at the turn of the 20th century. LM Montgomery was born near the north central coast of PEI and like her character was orphaned at the age of 2 when her mother died of polio and her father moved to Saskatchewan to start a new life. Anne was brought up by her strict grandparents who undoubtedly helped color the characters in her first book.
Anne's imaginative character's home, Green Gables, is portrayed on the farm of Montgomery's relatives who owned the farm as Montgomery was growing up nearby. The property was purchased by the Province and made part of the PEI National Park in 1937. It is the main tourists attraction on the Island and surrounded by theme parks, shops, golf courses, and resorts.
We started the day by stopping in New Glasgow for an outstanding breakfast at the Prince Edward Island Preserve Company. The company offers the best of the Island's high quality preserves, food products, exotic teas, and gifts.The trip from New Glasgow to Cavendish, home of Green Gables, took about 20 minutes. We enjoyed a couple of hours on the grounds touring the house and grounds and watched a couple of videos telling the Ann of Green Gables story as well as a documentary on L Maud Montgomery's life. Next was grandma making sure her granddaughters will be well-versed on Anne when she ships their latest gifts.
After returning to the campground for a swim we headed back to nearby North Rustico for a lobster supper at Fisherman's Wharf which includes a 30' salad bar and all the seafood chowder and musells you can eat. A couple pounds of musells and a lobster is a big meal even when you have to skip the chowder and dessert. (Skipping did not apply to Sue!)For the four days that we have been on PEI we have planned on attending a fiddling and Keltic dancing show and today we drove by a sign advertising The Sky Family Inn that was doing a program tonight.
It turned out to be very different evening as the very entertaining show was wound around a musical revival meeting that the family does full time. 
Not many of the attendees were there for the revival but we did enjoy the music, comedy, and dancing. 
The comedy included a Newfie, Ann of Lean Stables, and an Acadian who played his saw. Fiddling here is both Irish and French Acadian and very exciting.
Tomorrow we move to the east end of the Island to spend a last day exploring and then board the Wood Island ferry the next morning over to Nova Scotia to meet Terry and Betty Brewer and Russ Mahoney who are coming off Newfoundland Thursday.
