August 16, 2007
Cavendish, PEI
Yesterday, we realized that we’ve maxed out on doing the tourist shuffle for a bit. We’ve been trying to do a good job of pacing ourselves all summer, but the last couple of weeks have been over the top. Yesterday, we started out with a plan for lunch, a tour of Charlottetown (capitol of PEI) and maybe dinner at a local restaurant we’d heard about. We finished lunch and stopped at the local Canada Post to mail some postcards, and it started to rain a little bit. Realizing we’d left some windows open, we also realized that we’d rather head home and curl up with a book than do more tourist stuff! So, we did. We walked the pups before the rain started and had a glass of wine with a couple we’d met briefly at the last park we were at, Gary and Ann. They’re recently retired and have a 2006 Monaco Dynasty. We then had an easy dinner on the second half of a rotisserie chicken with a “Sweet Cheeks” Pinot Noir I’d picked up in Oregon in March. It was a good evening.
Today, we didn’t even pretend to have a plan. We checked the weather and decided that we’d just relax today. It cleared some this morning but was cloudy again by evening, and we got all the outside stuff (grill/stove, lights, and chairs) all packed up so we’re halfway ready to leave on Saturday.
During the day, Geri did some prep work for dinner by creating medallions from a pork tenderloin, then pounding and sautéing them. There was plenty, so we had some for lunch as sandwiches with roasted peppers, and saved the rest for dinner with pasta. While she was doing her kitchen magic, I did some planning for the next phase of our trip, getting us back to Connecticut, then on to Alabama around Labor Day before heading west to Oregon. I’ve got our route, stops, and fuel locations mapped out through Colorado, so that’s a good start. I’ll finish it up tomorrow and make any additional reservations needed. I’m hoping to stop in Colorado to get the electric water heater in the coach fixed while we’re passing through, but I’m having trouble getting them to answer the phone. Customer service is truly becoming a lost art these days.
We walked the pups a few times, and they got a chance to play with several of the dogs in the park which is a good thing for both exercise and socialization. We sat outside chatting with Brad and Jan from the coach next to ours until it got to be a) too cool and b) time for dinner. We were trying to plan ahead to cook enough dinner to have leftovers for Saturday (it’s a travel day, and we won’t feel like cooking when we get in after 5 PM). I think we’re in pretty good shape on that (I resisted the temptation to eat all the pasta – which is hard for me!), and we’ve pretty much used up all the wine. We’ve cleared all the meat from the freezer, so we’re in pretty good shape for the border crossing. We’ll make sure that everything’s buttoned down tomorrow, and we’ll have dinner with Brad and Jan at a local restaurant, so there won’t be much to finish up tomorrow night. We’re getting back in a groove…
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