Finally got around to putting up the pictures of our recent trip to PEI. We got very lucky and the weather was nearly perfect the entire time.
We stayed at Paul and Heidi's beachhouse which was a lot of fun. It's near the bridge in Summerside on the West side of the island. The only downside staying on this side is that it's a 30 minute drive to Cavendish -- but this way you get to see the entire island too. And the water on the West side is a lot warmer for some reason.
It was an interesting time -- Auntie Dee suprised us at the airport and joined us for the first four nights or so. And Uncle Duane joined us for a night the first weekend and for a couple of days the next weekend.
We spent a lot of time in Cavendish, on the beach, shopping, or going to Sandspit (the local amusement park). We also went into Charlottetown a couple of times to look around, shop, and see Wall-E (which was good).
The beachhouse was about 50 feet from the beach and at low tide you could walk out probably more than half a kilometer before your feet got wet. Lots of clams, crabs, and shrimp. The kids loved it.
Zack loved the water especially -- he would crawl directly into the water as soon as you put him down, only stopping when the waves splashed him in the face. Gabe & Maya would go in waist deep and that's about it. They loved the sand though, and making sand castles.
It was a great but exhausting trip. We'll have to think very carefully about how to lug the family around the globe next time.
Did bring along a couple new toys -- an Asus EEE PC 900 and a Nikon CoolPix camera. The EEE PC is the size of a large format paperback book and has a 9" screen. Great for travel. Also has an SD slot to download the pictures taken by the Nikon -- a 10.1 megapixel camera with an 18x zoom. Lots of fun and worked well. Even when I accidentally sent the SD card through the washing machine.
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