Prince Edward Island, Day 2 (L.M. Montgomery)

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Next morning we got ready and were at the Anne of Green Gables site by 8:55, 5 minutes before they open.  Rachel watched a sappy movie about Montgomery’s life and then we looked at the primary two buildings, the barn and the green gables house.  They did a nice job of making the house ready for tours but still making it look lived in and Rachel got a few nice pics.  After she had her fill of that site, we used the other part of our combo pass to see the site that Montgomery actually grew up at.  It was a nice walk through the woods and Rachel told me about some of the settings from the book as we walked.  We came on the root cellar of the old house that apparently fell and after a few pics, her great grandson told us about the place and a bit of the history since that time.  

The Green Gables welcome center.

A barn to show farming life in the past.

It's a Cow!

This is the Green Gables House were Montgomery spent time with her cousin's and was later the site of her wedding.

The house was set up to resemble the house when Montgomery was young.

Trail leading to the haunted woods.

This was Montgomery's grandparents home were she come to live in when she was young.  The wall facing us is the location of her bedroom.

Garden

The Cavendish post office, we sent post cards.