Impromptu Trip: Ocean Sunrise at Rye Beach, NH

These are my favorite shots...I think. Although I did take 200 of them.

Circumstances....

I knew going into this whole thing that there would be sacrifices. Lots of them for me to be able to take this trip. Well it turns out that the ultimate sacrifice will be made... I have to cancel my trip for this year. I simply cannot afford it this year. I think it will be a 30th birthday present to myself instead of a 29th birthday. So in lieu of a trip to Prince Edward Island wonderland, I am still going to go on some sort of an adventure this summer I am just not sure what exactly that adventure will be.

Ideas:
Buy the Canon Rebel that I want desperately
Go on a couple of overnight road trips
Get in the car and drive... who knows where one might end up.
Take a Literary Tour of New England.

Any suggestions?

Changes...

Following the advice of a woman I met on the Tourism PEI Facebook page, and really honing in on that fact that PEI is a lot more than the mecca of Green Gables Land, I have decided not to spend all five nights in the same Bed and Breakfast. I am going to stay in each one of the Islands counties. More to come....

This is where I am staying...

This is Kindred Spirits: The Inn I am staying at. Whoot

Worth it?

Taking this trip will be single-handedly the most independent thing I will have ever done for myself. But it does not come without it's hassle. That hassle comes in the terms of one big ugly word: BUDGET.

In order to take this trip I need to pay for a little over half of it before I go. In order to pay for this portion ahead of time I have to keep to my budget.

For those of you who know me, you understand how hard this is for me. This means I have to actually go grocery shopping with a list, and not waver, it means that I have to cook more, eat at home almost always, and means that I will need to entertain myself with the books, that I have for the next 5 months.....

So to sort of offset this, I have decided to venture into a little home business called AVON. I have a meeting this week to sign up to be a rep. I think that I will be good at selling AVON cause I know a lot of people, and darnit people like me. (So here's my shamless plug: If you are interested in a catelog let me know)

I know that once I am standing on the red sands, inhaling the salty cool air, walking from my room to the Green Gables house, and visiting several lighthouses camera clad just like every other crazy tourist that it will all be worth it. Right?

Who knows, maybe I will actually like budgeting and keep to it..ha!

On a side note, I am super excited about my trip and am looking forward to seeing the places that I already have highlighted in my Island Guide, my map, and my travel kit that was sent to me by the tourism bureau of PEI. I have a few tips from the Innkeepers, and and armed with all kinds of information. I am still a little nervous about gettng my passport cause I am not really sure what I am going to need. 

Is it sad that I am on a first name basis already with the Innkeepers?

Solitary Travels...

So I have decided after hemming and hawing to go to Prince Edward Island Canada by myself. Not only am I going to go, but I am going to drive there. I am admiditly nervous about it. Mainly because aside from a couple of day trips I have gone no where alone for overnight, let alone a week. A work trip here or there excluded.

One of the main things I am look forward to is how photogenic PEI is. I can't wait to break out my tripod (s) and my camera and take millions of pictures.

From the native flower the Lady Slipper to the Beach, to the inn that I am staying at. The Inn which is aptly named Kindred Spirits is within walking distance to both the beach and Green Gables. It offers free breakfast, and is centurally located on the island so traveling to all the points of intrest are only at most an hour's drive.

With less than five months to go before the big trip, I need to get my passport. (Which will allow me to travel any where in the world should I have the cash and choose to. Or if I win the lottery I can run away for a while)

There is only one thing that absolutely terrifies me......Driving over this:

The Confederation Bridge: Is the World's longest bridge over Ice-Covered Water.

Now granted I am going in the summer but if you know me, you know that I "White-Knuckle" the steering wheel for little bridges. Eeeeeek.

*Please note the phots in this blog were taken by Rolf Hicker. He's got some really great travel shots.. http://www.hickerphoto.com/  Check him out!