Green Gables

After spending a week on the beach in PEI, we started to make our way back to Nova Scotia. We decided to take the long way around, instead of the ferry, stopping at Green Gables for a few hours. Parks Canada has created a series of ‘xplorers’ books for children to do while visiting many of their sites. Green Gables was one of them and I believe that by trying to do as many activities at they could, the children walked away with much more knowledge of the site than if we had simply walked around trying to read signs. At the end of our visit, I went into the gift shop and the kids showed a park employee their work and received dog tags in exchange. As mentioned before, I have yet to read any of the books in the series, so I bought the first to hopefully be read during our trip. Even though we haven’t read the books, we were all very happy that we decided to visit the park. It was very well maintained and had many interactive activities.

 After leaving the park, we drove for the rest of the afternoon and evening, arriving at a campground near Tatamagouche Bay around sunset. The name “Tatamagouche” reminded me of an old friend from Cold Lake, who I was sure had grown up there. I sent her a quick message letting her know where we were. She was so excited by our location that she called to tell us about a white cottage that we would be able to see from the beach. Sure enough, when we set out to explore the shore in the morning, there it stood. Watching over us as our children played on the beaches of my friends childhood summers.