This is from Keri. Alright all you Anne of Green Gables fans out there. It's time to be jealous! Yesterday we drove the 3 1/2 hours to Prince Edward Island to go see the setting for Anne of Green Gables. Growing up, my best childhood friend, Casey Bryant, and I watched Anne of Green Gables or Anne of Avonlea almost every day of the summers. We swooned over Gilbert and memorized most of the movies. Yesterday morning before we went, I couldn't wipe the smile off of my face! I was so excited! It was a long drive, but so fun to see the island and see the places that inspired Lucy Maud Montgomery to write the Anne novels.
Once on the island, we drove through farmland to reach Cavendish, on the opposite side of the island. We found the farmhouse that LMM's cousins lived in, which was the house that inspired "Green Gables." They've restored the grounds to look like the descriptions in the novels, and have created trails through the woods around that inspired some other parts of the novels such as "Lovers' Lane" and "The Haunted Wood Trail." Some of you may remember Anne and Gilbert's rambles down Lover's Lane, and the time that Anne fainted in the woods when she heard the trees creaking and her imagination took over. It was windy when we were there, and the trees on the Haunted Wood Trail were creaking! The house itself was fun to see, but it was based on the novel, not the movie, so it was slightly disappointing to those of us who obsessed over the movies in our childhood.
After the Green Gables house, we went down to the beach to see the dunes and red sandstone cliffs. Then we drove all the way back to Halifax! So worth it, though!
Once on the island, we drove through farmland to reach Cavendish, on the opposite side of the island. We found the farmhouse that LMM's cousins lived in, which was the house that inspired "Green Gables." They've restored the grounds to look like the descriptions in the novels, and have created trails through the woods around that inspired some other parts of the novels such as "Lovers' Lane" and "The Haunted Wood Trail." Some of you may remember Anne and Gilbert's rambles down Lover's Lane, and the time that Anne fainted in the woods when she heard the trees creaking and her imagination took over. It was windy when we were there, and the trees on the Haunted Wood Trail were creaking! The house itself was fun to see, but it was based on the novel, not the movie, so it was slightly disappointing to those of us who obsessed over the movies in our childhood.
After the Green Gables house, we went down to the beach to see the dunes and red sandstone cliffs. Then we drove all the way back to Halifax! So worth it, though!
The LONG bridge over to PEI. We're not happy because we just found out about the $40 toll.
Keri pretending to be Matthew milking the cow in the barn on the Green Gables property
Green Gables
Scared before the Haunted Wood Trail
Dunes and Sandstone Cliffs. Can't you just see Anne's story papers blowing in the wind?
C.J. skipping stones
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AUGHGHGHGHGH!! Love it!!!
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