Summer has arrived on PEI and bringing temperatures of 30+ degrees. Yesterday, Summerside held its annual Lobster Festival Parade to kick off a week long Lobster Festival.
Last year at this time we arrived on PEI to look for our retirement home. The day we arrived we discovered that they were having the Lobster Festival Parade. At first I thought they heard we were coming and decided to give us a parade! Later I found out that they do this every year at this time. J It got us thinking and we couldn’t believe that it’s been a whole year since we arrived in PEI!
I love a good parade and Summerside puts on a small but good parade. It started off with the Summerside Police car leading the way. Then the Air Force Colour Guard marched by with their flags held high. There was music as well from the College of Piping. I happen to like bagpipes so I enjoyed the music as it went by. There were floats, clowns, Shriner’s driving little tiny cars, fire trucks and a GIANT Lobster!
Last year, when we watched the parade, we had a “little incident” with Bailey. Jasper and Bailey were on their leashes standing beside us quietly and watching the parade. All of a sudden, there was a miniature horse that was going past us and Bailey bolted towards the horse, breaking his leash and barking as he charged the horse! We were horrified and afraid for the safety of the horse and Bailey. Ron ran quickly out into the street and retrieved Bailey. The lady who was driving the horse said “Don’t worry. They’re used to that.” Well, wouldn’t you know it … that same little horse was back again this year! Fortunately for us, we saw it coming so we quickly picked up Bailey so we wouldn’t have another embarrassing moment and possibly be banned from going to future parades! As the little horse went by, Bailey stared at it intensely and gave it a little growl as if to say … “Hey, I remember you from last year! And I still have my eye on you!”
The parade lasted about 20 minutes ( I told you it was a small parade). We quickly left so we wouldn’t be tied up in traffic and headed to the grocery store. We were having guests for dinner! Yea! … finally we have some company coming!!
Ron and I have joined the Ham Radio Club and have met some nice people there. Ron has gravitated to one member in particular so we invited Ken and Ella over for a BBQ. It was very casual … burgers, potato salad, corn on the cob and a fresh fruit platter for dessert. It was a lot of fun. We ate outside on the lower deck and the mosquitoes and flies cooperated by staying away. It was a beautiful evening with just a hint of a gentle breeze. There was a lot of laughing and story telling going on. It felt great to have company over!
In talking with Ella, I mentioned how I haven’t been able to meet many people yet. She immediately gave suggestions as to how I could go about meeting people. The next thing I knew, she had me agreeing to do some volunteer work! When she talked about volunteering at a camp for kids who don’t get much attention at home so they go to this camp to feel special, I was really excited about volunteering there. After working at an Elementary School for the last 21 years, I felt this was right up my alley. As she was talking about the kids at the camp, it brought back so many memories of students being sent to the Office. For some reason I was always able to help the most difficult child who came to the Office and bring them out of their shell to say what was bothering them. I think if I’m going to volunteer at something, having it involve children would be perfect for me. At first the idea of volunteering at the camp was to meet other people my age, but now I’m more excited about being around the other kids! I can’t wait until August when camp begins!
One more thing before I sign off … in the previous blog post, I told you about Ron and I being in a video on Canada Day. Well some of you may have already seen it, but you can watch it again, and for the rest of you here is the link for it. If you can, try and watch it a few times. It’s a contest and the video with the most views wins a cash prize. Thanks for watching!
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| Summerside Police Led the Parade |
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| Air Force Colour Guard |
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| Legion Float |
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| College of Piping |
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| The Prince County Fiddlers |
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| Miss Teen PEI |
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| Bailey kept his eye on this little horse! I think he remembered him from last year! |
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| Best soft ice cream cones on the island. |
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| Our local radio station. Spud FM |
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| Shriner's in their little cars |
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| Riding in style |
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| The Parade Clown ... taking it easy. |
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| Characters from Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan |
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| This is Wendy from Wendy's Burgers. She handed out gift cards for Wendy's. |
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| A & W Car |
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| Now THAT's a big lobster!! |
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| An old ladder fire truck. Beware of the fireman with the water gun! |
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