On July 3rd and 4th the Prince William and Kate the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be on Prince Edward Island as part of the Royal Tour to Canada. I have received an invitation to attend a afternoon event where Kate and William will be treated to An Island Experience. There will be 4 of us going Tammy and Pamela my 2 nieces are thrilled at having the chance to get a glimpse of the Royals. They say the PEI was picked as a stop because of Kate's interest in the Book Anne Of Green Gables. In 2008 the 100th anniversary of the publishing of Anne they said that over 50,000,000 copies of the book had been sold the. It was printed in 24 languages and in almost every country around the globe. This evening the stats show hits from 9 countries so I have a way to go. Our motel has been open for several weeks and each day we have people who are from as far away as England, Scotland, Ireland, Arizona, Arkansaw, Georgia, British Columbia and the Yukon all because of their interest in the writings of LLMontgomery.
Prince Edward Island was named for Prince Edward Duke of Kent Queen Victoria's Father. Before that it was called St.John's Island or by the Native name Abegweit, which means Cradled on the Waves. We who live here call it "The Island" as if was the only Island of and importance and do not look kindly at anyone who would not share that opinion.
We had a spectacular day here today after a cool wet spring we are feeling we are long over due for some nice weather. If anyone is interested in where I spend my summers, go to www.bayvista.ca . We are 3 miles from the Green Gables house. We need good sunny weather to keep the tourists happy and as long as it rain between midnight and 6:00 in the morning everyone is happy.
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