Day 12 - Charlottetown

Today we woke up and noticed the sky looked different. There were these strange looking grey puffy things floating all around. Weird. We headed out to Charlottetown. Today was to be a history day. As we drove through the LOVELY country side (I LOVE PEI) we turned on the heat to defrost the windows a little, as there appeared to also be this strange wet stuff falling from the sky. It was then that we noticed that we had no heat...and that the temperature gauge was rising. Hmmmm. Providentially we were stopped at a light, right by a Canadian Tire, so we pulled in and Mark bought some coolant. And proceeded to put a whole jug, plus some, into the cooling/heating system. Those of you who know anything about engines (unlike me) will know that you shouldn't be loosing coolant, certainly not that much. More concerning was we (well, Mark) couldn't see where it was leaking from, which made him think that it could be something quite serious...and we may need to decide on spending WAY more than we wanted on vacation...or go truck shopping. We decided to drive a while longer and see what happens.
In Charlottetown we visited Founders' Hall, a museum on confederation and the joining of all the provinces into Canada. A neat multi-media presentation, with headsets, which kept the kids interested, and actually listening to the information. Time and money well spent.
We then walked up to Province House, where the current legislature sits, and where the first meetings discussing Confederation took place. Neat to walk the halls. They also did a reenactment depicting the mood of the people during the time of the discussions. Well done. Devin surprised us by entertaining thee crowd with a juggling act prior to the show. He's always got something up his sleeve.
We opened the doors to Province House to see it POURING!!!! Of course we had lots of rain gear...in the truck. We walked around a mall waiting for it to let up, decided to try COW'S ice cream another day, and headed back. The rain only got heavier, and the roads were like trying to cross rivers. Even those of us with minor rain protection were soaked.
We arrived at my Aunt Trudy's dripping wet. She was kind enough to offer t-shirts to the kids to replace wet pants, we had some dry things in the truck, we left our soggy socks and shoes at the door, and had a great meal/time together. The kids got a kick out of how she said many things the same as Opa, and her sense of humour kept us all laughing. What a great visit.
The truck got us back to the campsite, but I'm not sure Mark is going to sleep very well....