Dear Gilles,
We made it to the Po-day-do Musuem today (that's how you say it here).
It was a really cool place. I have no idea how they preserved the specimens - or replicated the potatoes - but they described all the possible diseases and what it looks like in a potato - like weevils, scabs and fungus and how the centre gets hollowed out - or the outside gets funny looking.
As newer museums are going today - there were a few stations with video explanations. These ones included Rick Mercer segments. One of them was with the Covered Bridge factory before it burned down. I love how they got excited to recognize that it was Rick Mercer, and that the video was worth stopping to watch.
There was also a back room that included old farm equipment and a scavenger hunt for the random potatoes hidden throughout.
We ate at the restaurant. I took half of my pulled pork baked potatoe home with me. Luc and Patric also felt they had too much food - but not enough left for any doggy bags.
Then we were on a mission for trading cards. (I know). But we had some time, and Summerside was sort of on the way back (nothing is very far away here). We chatted with the Mayor - though he didn't introduce himself as the Mayor - we only realized by looking at photos on the wall.
Mayor Dan Kutcher.
Summerside didn't have what we were looking for, so we went back downtown Charlottetown where we knew we could find it. We popped in to the City Hall, chatted with City Councillor Kevin Ramsey and was able to get a pin from Charlottetown to add to our collection.
We finished our errands and headed back to the site for the night. It was a really nice day. We could see blue sky and it was noticeably warmer.
Ya gotta love fries and baked taters.
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