This day started with a breakfast of coffee and pastries provided by our hosts Hope and Gary. Breakfast was followed by a presentation by author Mary Breu. Mary spoke to the group about a book she is researching and writing, planned for publication next fall. The book is a true story about Mary’s great aunt Etta Jones, an Alaskan school teacher on the island of Attu, who was taken by the Japanese as the first female Caucasian prisoner by a foreign enemy on the North American Continent since the War of 1812. http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/TwHP/wwwlps/lessons/7attu/7attu.htm
It was a fascinating presentation and I anxiously await the publication of Mary's book. The tentative title of the book is Last Letters from Attu.
After breakfast, the presentation and doing the wash, Winnie and I discussed the possibility of returning to Charlottetown for lunch and additional sightseeing. We asked Bruce and Judy joined us. I drove our coach into town where we selected the restaurant Flex Mussels for lunch. http://www.flexmussels.com/main.html
We were told that this was a good restaurant and we were not disappointed.
Rally members were invited to an oyster stew dinner prepared by one of the participants. It was a wonderful and fitting end to this outstanding rally. For four days, forty-six people, all owners of Born Free Motor Coaches, shared adventures, shellfish and friendship in one of Canada’s most beautiful provinces - Prince Edward Island.
Though the rally is over, Winnie and I will continue on to the community of Montague, PE for a week of relaxation before starting the trip home to New York.
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