PEI Quiz

Here's a short quiz to test your knowledge about Prince Edward Island.   You may or may not see some clues in the pictures below. (ANSWERS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST)

1.  Which of the following statements are true about Prince Edward Island?

a.  the homes and farms are charming
b.  the red soil and green rolling hills are breathtakingly beautiful
c.  the fishing is amazing
d. the whole island is over inundated with references to Anne of Green Gables
e. all of the above

2.  Which of the following did we NOT see in Prince Edward Island?

a. a cute Anne re-enactment
b. a pig race
c. old friends
d. a wild fox
e. an old fashioned hoe-down

3.  Which of the following lessons did we NOT learn in PEI ?
a. Cami is a mean fake manure thrower.
b. PEI residents are called "Edwardites".
c. Raspberry cordial is overrated.
d. Boys can have fun visiting Anne of Green Gables sites too

4.  True or False.  Canadians always refer to the province by its full name, Prince Edward Island?

5.  Which of the following statements about PEI are NOT true?   

a. the main industries of PEI are tourism, fishing, and agriculture
b. PEI has the highest per capita cancer rate of all the Canadian provinces
c.  the bridge that connects New Brunswick to PEI is the longest bridge in the world
d.  Lucy Maud Montgomery (author of Anne of Green Gables) was a Prince Edward Island native.

6.  Which kind of fish did we catch dozens and dozens of? 

a. mackerel
b. tuna
c. sunfish
d. cod

7.  True or False.  We plan to visit Prince Edward Island again as soon as we can.

 

QUIZ ANSWERS:  

1--e 

(all of the above were undoubtedly true)

2--a 

the Anne actress at the Avonlea Village was  not in the least bit endearing 

3--b

PEI residents are actually called "Islanders"

4--false

people wouldn't even understand us if we said the full name "Prince Edward Island"

 Prince Edward Island is PEI and British Columbia is BC

5--c

at about 8 miles long the Confederation Bridge from NB to PEI is actually only the world's longest bridge over ice covered waters

6--a

we could catch a mackerel (and sometimes two with the double hooks) almost every cast

we then used pieces of the mackerels to try to catch cod

7--false

while we thoroughly enjoyed our stay there, we decided that we would not ever feel the need to return.  we have too many other places on our list

Scenes from PEI

In case you've been contemplating a trip to the lovely land of Prince Edward Island, let me take this opportunity to give you a couple more reasons to add to your list.

1.  If you're basing what you know about PEI from the Anne of Green Gables movies , then you won't be surprised to find that scenes like this one I snapped from the moving car are abundant in PEI.  It just wasn't hard to imagine Gil and Anne coming over the ridge on their way down to the Lake of Shining Waters.    (I'll do a whole post on the all of the Anne sites and activities later)

2.    Canadians seem to accept and recognize that there's nothing wrong with letting some grass grow long and allowing the wildflowers to bloom.    We were in love with this field of wildflowers right next to our cabin in PEI.  

3.  Being a small island, there is plenty of beach to go around (haha!)  and visiting one right at sunset was literally an out-of-this world experience.

Cami snapped this one with her iphone and it turned out to my favorite picture taken on our whole vacation....WOW!

Spence working hard to get the perfect shot...

It's a Small World

A couple of weeks before we left on our vacation I posted a status update on Facebook asking for ideas of what to do in and along the way to PEI.  Shortly afterward Cami's best friend from elementary school, Mikhaela, who had moved back to Canada a few years ago, excitedly got in touch with us asking about the dates for our trip.  In a very random twist of awesome timing, it just so happened that her family was planning to be in Prince Edward Island for two of the same three days we were planning to be there.

After jubilant rejoicing from our oldest daughter, we looked forward ourselves to reconnecting with our long lost friends.    We arranged to stay in the same place in Cavendish that they were staying and joined them for ice cream as soon as they arrived.

After being separated by an international boundary for the last three or so years, Cami and Mikhaela were happy to reconnect and lost no time picking back up in late night chats and lots of giggles....

Mikhaela's younger sister Josée was just a baby when they moved away, but Ellie and her hit it off too!

Mikhaela used to live around the corner from us and I didn't realize until we were all back together again how much I missed their family.  Luwana is a kind, dear friend and I really enjoyed the opportunity to catch up with her again.  Heck, we even joined in the fun with the younger girls and played dress-up too.

The night before we left we kept the kids up way too late, so us adults could all keep talking...

Josée was already asleep, but Ellie, Cassandra, Cami, and Mikhaela didn't mind their parents' distraction a bit and took full advantage of the extra time with their friends.  :) 

It was hard saying goodbye, but we are grateful for the opportunity we had to reconnect with our friends again and hope that we can find a way to do it again in the not-too-distant future!