Charlottetown to Cavendish

Oct 1...After checking out all the things there are to do and see about Lucy Maud Montgomery and Anne of Green Gables, I decided to book a musical called Anne&Gilbert at the Guild theater in Charlottetown.It had and afternoon performance so we left for our hour trek to get there. After figuring out where to park we check in and pick up our will call tickets.  We are early so we take the opportunity to roam around downtown Charlottetown's shops.  There is a Anne of Green Gables shop.  We look but do not buy.  The play is great. It is about the period when Anne becomes the teacher at the Avonlea School until she goes away to college and realizes that she loves PEI and everything about it including Gilbert.After the play we look more at shops and decide to have dinner at this upscale Italian pizza restaurant. The food is delicious and the pizza is cooked in a 900 degree oven for 90 seconds.  The drive back doesn't seem as long but we stop at the local market called Sotbys to pick up some breakfast and snack items before we return to the room for the night.

Oct 2...Today we spend the day doing and seeing everything Lucy Maud Montgomery or Anne of Green Gables.  We drive to New London where our first stop is L. M. Montgomery's birth home. The lady there is so knowledgeable about the history of the house and the timeline for events.  It seems that everything we find out about L.M. Montgomery is almost the exact story she has written about in her books. Next we stop at the visitors center to get more info and directions.  (A word of advice, Take a guided tour if you are not one for figuring out directions and do not come this late in the season.) Everything is spread out and this late in the year a lot of the attractions are either closed or partially closed :-(  .  We were told that July and August are the busiest.  If I were to come again it would be in the first 2 weeks of Sept.  Anyway, here is the list of places I got to visit and the ones I missed
1. Green Gables Heritage Place in PEI National Park...This area had the Green Gables House which we toured and then we walked around the grounds, had a raspberry cordial,walked through the Haunted Woods and of course the gift shop.
2. Anne of Green Gables Museum at Silver Bush was open but The Shining Waters Tea room was CLOSED:-(.  Also at this location was
3. Matthews Carriage Ride around Silver Bush property and down by the Lake of Shining Waters, CLOSED :-(.
4. Avonlea Village was CLOSED:-(.  This is a reenactment village of buildings, characters in period costumes, music, wagon rides and a candy and gift shop.
5. The Cavendish Post office where Lucy Maud Montgomery was the assistant Postmaster and her grandmother was the Postmaster for years was open.  We toured the museum and talked to the present Postmaster and mailed some postcards with special cancellations.
It took a full day to see the things we got to see driving around ourselves and figuring out how to get to where we wanted to go so you need to allow 2 to 3 days to experience  everything.
We end the day by having a nice dinner at the Blue Mussel Cafe where we have a delicious lobster dip, and salad to start.  Arlen had a Lobster Roll and I had steamed mussels.  PEI mussels are the best and they were very delicious, even Arlen ate quite a few!