Whale

The day at sea for the journey through the Gulf of St Lawrence towards Prince Edward Island should have been uneventful except for the Galley Lunch (Buffet style, laid out in the Galley, extremely wide range of choices, everybody eats even more than usual). The weather was colder but still clear and the water perfectly flat.  But in the afternoon, a school of dolphins could be seen leaping out of the water in classic style. There were several groups, all around the Silver Whisper. After they moved away, in the excitement of seeing this for the first time ever, Diva swallowed the wrong way and started to cough. The water TSH brought did not totally solve the issue, so he went down to the suite for some mints. And whilst he was away, a hump-back whale came out of the water and dived, showing its forked tail. TSH only saw the ripples. And Diva is very sorry.

A day in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, once more brings sunshine and blue sky. Anchored (new anchor) in a very pleasant location and tendered in. Thermal vests and fleeces have not been needed for days now.

One of Charlottetown’s claims to fame is that it is near where Anne of Green Gables was written and set. So …. AoGG chocolate and ‘Anne and Gilbert, the musical’ as well as many themed tours. TSH has never read the books and it’s so long since Diva did that the details are blurred, so no participation in any of that.

Arrangements keep changing. The planned tour to Acadia National Park, planned for a few days time, has been cancelled because of the US Government’s funding difficulties.