Great evening last night... the First Formal Night....
Andersen's and Fosses met at the Ocean Bar for Happy Hour before dinner... We
ordered and then they delivered two drinks to each of us.... We were expecting
half price drinks... their tradition is two drinks for the price of one!!!! We
did manage to drink both (in my case Rosemary Lemon Drops, Julie enjoyed Dirty
Martini's) Our little group enjoyed a
delish meal (so far they all have been great!!!) and then met back at our room
for a game of Farkle... Darn... Newbie Gary won...
Called it an early night (9pm)... and we all said good night
since the next morning (today) would be an early call for our trip to Lucille
Maud Montgomery's inspiration for the Anne of Green Gables Books and our Lobster
Lunch here on Prince Edward Island (PEI).
WELL, we were all surprised with a REALLY early wake up call.... like
2:00AM... the emergency sound... HOLY MOLY, the blood started racing through my
veins. They announced there was a fire
in one of the kitchens (on the 3rd floor) and that staff were responding and
things were proceeding according to proper procedure and for us to remain where
we were... EGADS... no one would be relaxing until we heard all was well. About 5 minutes later, the Captain made the
announcement the situation was taken care of and that the fire was under
control. Found out later it was an
electrical fire on one of the grills in the Pinnacle Lounge. The Captain acknowledge the late
evening/morning shift server who found the fire and followed proper protocol...
and we say, THANK YOU TOO!
Left at 8 AM for our bus.
Learned lots on the way...the island's population is 145000... lots of
Potatoes and Soybeans and Canola Beans grown here. Lobsters and Mussels also have a wonderful
reputation. Got to "Anne's
House" and were able to walk a bit... even took a Bridge Picture in the
"Haunted Forest" from her stories. So many of the flowers are
reflecting Fall's arrival. The Sun
Flowers were huge and bursting with seeds. Course, the guys noticed the Golf Course next to this
picturesque little place. Also, we found
out there are 33 Golf Courses on this small island... The courses are a real
draw for the golfers from the Eastern Seaboard...
Stopped for a Lobster Lunch... which none of us were sure
what to expect... figured it would be much... boy were we wrong... A great
Carrot/Ginger Soup to start with... then the Lobster... I can tell you, it was
delish! So sweet and tender... Got back
to our ship after a walk through
Charlotte Town on foot... Very nice little place... Gary managed to find a
popular Ice Cream shop here and, of course, since we surely haven't been eating
enough, we each got a waffle cone and one scoop ice cream... geeze... like we
really needed that!
Evening was nice... we have been blessed with great
weather. Watching the sun set while
eating dinner... pretty special... other than it gets too bright at times and
the drapes in the dining room end up being pulled shut. Played a trivial pursuit type game in one of
the Lounges after dinner and, as a team, we sucked... pooh! Then on to the show tonight "A Tribute
to B B King "... and, now... it's
time to say nighty night!
Good Morning Sun!!!!
Anne's Aunt and Uncles home..
Look, a golf course.... woohoo!
Into the Haunted Forest....
The flowers definitely know it's fall!
Getting ready to attack that Lobster!!!!
We failed at Trivial Pursuit!
Alot of the towel art has been a bit lame... this one was pretty good!
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