After yesterdays deluge we woke to a clear, cool, sunny and winy day. We decided to give the Church one more try to see if we could track down the record of Lyn’s parents wedding. Lyn phoned them before we set off and got hold of someone this time. They said they would try to unearth the records book for her.
We headed out to the west end of the island with only one planned place to stop. Again we followed the coast as close as we could, although we did cut across the central part of the island at one stage and climbed to the dizzy height of 130 metres (425 ft).
Once we got to the west coast, we headed into French territory, with many of the locals speaking French and a lot more French signs. We found a small fishing harbour where we stopped for lunch, then headed out to our destination.
The destination was a small property with buildings made from bottles! There was a chapel, bar and small house.
Bottle Bar
Bottle House
Bottle House
Bottle Chapel
Bottle Chapel
From the land of bottles we continued along the west coast where we “discovered” a craft store! Quelle surprise
We then slowly made our way back to Summerside to visit the church. True to their word, the 1945 records of marriage book had been found and Lyn was able to see the entry for her parents. Unfortunately the regular administrator wasn’t there, and the person showing us the book wasn’t sure whether we could take a photo of the entry or not, so no photo.
When we first saw the Church on Saturday it looked to modern to be the one where the marriage took place. That mystery was solved when we were told that the Church burned down in 1946.
The Old St. Paul’s Church
Seems the Priest’s house was way larger than the Church!
We then headed back to the apartment for dinner and a start on the packing. Tomorrow we head out for Confederation Bridge and then across to Maine for the return home through the mountains of Vermont and New Hampshire. We have three stops planned, two involve sewing machine shops (Lyn is researching a new toy) and one is a parcel pickup office where I have had a number of “toys” sent to so that I could taker advantage of low mailing costs in the US plus take them over the border as part of my duty free allowance.
I am not sure if there will be internet available the next couple of nights or not, so the blog entries lie in the hands of the cyberspace gods.
Time for you guys to ‘fess up, who has been reading this, messages please!
Hi Barry and Lyn
What an amazing trip you are having. Love the photos – makes me want to visit! How wonderful that you managed to see the marriage entry for Lyn’s parents.
The red cliffs and rolling countryside do bear a passing resemblance to Devon. I never knew Anne of Green Gables was from PEI!
Enjoy Maine – Debenhams here do a range of clothing called Maine and when I was in Arizona a few years back I was wearing a t-shirt with their logo on and a lovely guy asked me if I was from Maine (he hadn’t heard me speak!). It turns out he was from Maine and thought he had found a fellow citizen. I had to disappoint him but we had a lovely chat!
Happy shopping!
Love Barbara
Well, if you want to visit there is always a spare room at our place!!
Im reading! Love the bottle buildings and that you found the church where granny and grandpa got married! See you in a few days 🙂
Glad to hear you guys are having a good time, and glad you found the church and saw the records for Granny and Grandpa! I read everyday, so don’t stop!
I read, just not every day. Have to do block reading as some of us work x