We wake up early because our schedule says the conference breakfast starts at 7:30. We get there only to find out that breakfast is only for members, despite the fact that we paid hundreds of dollars to attend this conference. We are pissed because a) we woke up early for this and b) some advance notice would have been nice. We debate whether or not to tell Katie because she also woke up early to drive us to the Delta.
Monique's Lab Potato drawing says it all.
We stumble into the only thing that's open, and it's Linda's Coffee Shop. We see other patrons wearing the conference badges. Looks like we weren't the only ones who were tricked into waking up early.
The conference is held at the Delta, which is basically the only big, fancy hotel in Charlottetown. It's pretty centrally located, and it's right by the water. The view is pretty nice, and I was told you could see jellyfish in the water. I only saw a dead one. If you look at the side of the wall of the dock during low tide, you can see just how much the water rises.
There's even a Cow's around the back of the Delta.
Jo arrives to town, picks up our trusty Buick rental, and our immediate goal is to go to New Glasgow Lobster Suppers for lobster and all-you-can-eat mussels (and salad and chowder).
Jo brings a GPS, and her iPhone has data, so we think we are so smart and prepared; however, as the GPS tells us that we have arrived, we are in the middle of a long road with nothing around. Good thing I told her to print out paper Google maps to EVERYTHING on this trip. I am so smart. :D
The view in the back of the restaurant is pretty nice.
Oh, hello full moon. Everything on this trip is and will be nature enhanced.
Since we only have about two days left in Charlottetown, we decide to check out Cavendish after dinner. Bonus for us: because it's after hours, it's toll-free to get into the area. We will find that this is the case for most national nature-y sites in the maritimes. Yay! Works out for us because we mostly operate after hours, and hitting the sunset at these locations make them crazy nice.
We watched the sun go down as we are driving to Cavendish.
We park quickly, and literally run out of the car to try to catch some just after sunset pictures of the scene, running across flimsy rope fences and warnings and all.
Obligatory Cavendish photos:
Red rocks!
Swirly rock formations!
I don't think I would have liked the view as much without the sun setting. No desire to see Cavendish beach in daylight, lol.
There's that awesome full moon again. One side beach and full moon.
One side cool rocks and after sunset over ocean.
Pushing friend into ocean.
At one point while the car windows are open, Monique tries to take a photo and sticks her hands out the window to do so. Jo, being unaware of the situation, starts to close all the windows from her driver seat controls. Katie starts laughing maniacally, and she tells us what's happening, and wonders why Monique doesn't say anything as the windows were slowly closing on her hands.
We start talking about Pokémon (this is before Pokémon Go, mind you), and the conversation leads to the evolved form of Magikarp, the Pokémon with splash as its only attack. I guess that it turns into King Splash, possibly because I remember it wearing a crown. I ignore Monique correcting me ("Gyrados... you mean Gyrados... Gyrados"), and continue to call it King Splash. This will be important later. Monique makes fun of me and asks why a Pokémon would be named after its attack move. I suggest King Shock for Pikachu. Jo laughs at the whole conversation and wonders what kind of a name King Splash is. I argue that Prince Royce is a name, and she stands corrected.
And that concludes day two. So far, so scenic. The rush of getting to Cavendish before sunset might've made it more exciting than it was, but it was still very beautiful, and we had lots of fun and laughs.
