Prince Edward Island

Earlier this month we traveled to Prince Edward Island for vacation. On this blog are nine posts about our travels:

• Hopewell Rocks
• Bridges
• Dalvay
• Greenwich
• Cavendish
• Charlottetown
• Anne of Green Gables
• North Cape
• Tidal Bore

We traveled by car. Nancy had been to PEI once about 50 years ago, before Confederation Bridge was built. I had never been.

About a year ago, we took a similar vacation to Nova Scotia. On both trips, we traveled through New Brunswick and spent time exploring the exceptional Bay of Fundy.

All of the Canadian Maritime provinces are wonderful places, and we highly recommend visiting.

One of the things that Prince Edward Island is noted for is potatoes. Here is something that I learned about potatoes from a sign at the Canadian Potato Museum in O'Leary, PEI:

Father of the American Fry?

Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States, author of the Declaration of Independence, a Founding Father of the Republic, is also credited with bringing the French fry to North America. He encountered deep fried potatoes while serving as Ambassador to France in the 1780s and introduced the crop to his garden when he came home. While serving as President he had "potatoes cooked in the French manner" served at official dinners.