Today was supposed to be a rest day but all we had to do was make it to Charlottetown to be on schedule. That’s what we did, and then we headed downtown to a café within spitting distance of Province House, which is where representatives from PEI, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Canada got together to discuss, and then follow through with Confederation in 1867.
Vanessa, Allan, and myself were sitting in the van waiting for Kelly when a fellow walked up to our van and asked “Have you seen Kelly around?”. The three of us were naturally confused to the max. It turned out it was Neil, who had just retired and moved to P.E.I. from Lethbridge. He was just downtown Charlottetown and he saw our van. He knew what we were up to so he thought he’d try his luck and see if anyone was in the van, which of course, we were.Neil invited us to his house where he and his partner Kim (an ex-U of L professor, now at the University of P.E.I.) cooked supper and insisted we stay the night. We did just that. Their house is in Stratford, which is not far away Charlottetown at all.
It was a great time and they were more than hospitable. What a coincidence that was — how he turned down the same street we were on and saw the van. Awesome. I should mention that it was pouring like crazy from about noon to well into the night. We were very thankful for the roof over our heads.Photo left was taken behind Province House (where the Legislative Assembly is still held in P.E.I.). Two guys dressed up in suits from the late 1800's (I'm guessing) played croquet and had some humourous banter that attracted people. It was pretty good.
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