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Old 02-21-2011, 06:59 PM   #1
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newbie from PEI

Just testing my message skills on this board. Have never posted a message before. Expecting a 19 to arrive in May.
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Old 02-21-2011, 07:06 PM   #2
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You will be on pins and needles waiting, going over the brochure and the option list wondering if you should have gone for this or that.

Checking this or that and Bugging Tammy.

But they do put up with you

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Old 02-21-2011, 07:10 PM   #3
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Have had several long indepth conversations with tammy. Options are endless. Wondering how people have dealt with the solar panel as far as inverters.
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Old 02-21-2011, 07:23 PM   #4
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While you wait for informed response:

If you look at the top right of the Escape Travel Forum home page, you'll find a search feature. You can type in 'solar panel' and find previous discussions on the topic. Also, at FGRV ( the other fiberglass trailer forum ), on the left side of their home page is a list of features. One is tutorials and you will find good in-depth info there on solar.

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Old 02-21-2011, 08:08 PM   #5
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The weekly pictures received from Tammy while the trailer is in production really adds to the excitement and anticipation. Our 19' should be ready this week, just a couple brackets shy of an early hatching! This forum has been wonderful for getting information on trailer options. I'll be sure to share some pics after we return from Chilliwack.
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Old 02-22-2011, 12:26 AM   #6
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Hi: wcf...Welcome to the Escape family. We're a close knit group, but there's always room for more. Like now there's gonna be more Escapes in PEI. Alf
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wcf and Robin, welcome aboard.

Alf, tight knit?
There are definitely a few with unraveled ends around here.
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Old 02-22-2011, 11:38 AM   #8
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We are lucky in that I live one hour from the Escape plant.
We did a couple of walk through tours.
Also Went in and saw my own 19' in various stages of the build.
you should be very happy with your Escape
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Old 02-22-2011, 05:11 PM   #9
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Hi: Jim Bennett...I know I'm only half knit and already up tight. My kidney stone laser blast was cancelled at the last min. and put off another week Alf
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Unfun Alf. Hope you get your stones blasted soon.
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Old 02-23-2011, 02:34 PM   #11
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This will the total sum of two on PEI, 17 last year and now a 19 this year. maybe someone will go for a 5.0 next year. Maybe I,ll get to meet some trailers this summer at the rally if they can convince their owners to bring them here!!!
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Old 02-23-2011, 03:48 PM   #12
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With four Escapes on PEI, I bet you can see each other's house.
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Old 02-23-2011, 06:05 PM   #13
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My experience on PEI was that I saw it the first day then was at a loss as to what to do on the second day.

I went for coffee at the only shop that was open, and was told they were closing the next day, I was their last customer.

I did find the fairgrounds, and was amazed by the percherons and other large horses.

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Old 02-23-2011, 06:56 PM   #14
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I have been living on Pei since 1973, and find lots of things to do. Now we might do things a little slower than the large cities but like the island tourist comercial says " the gentle island". Now if you dont like lobster, golfing, seafood, white sand beaches, lovely sunsets then maybe Pei isn,t the place for you to take a vacation.
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Old 02-23-2011, 11:31 PM   #15
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I did not intend to hit a sore spot, Just told you of my expeience.

I am of nordic desent, truly do enjoy all things sea food as well as the lobster burgers.

Being raised in the arctic I also like fish and meat sundried and frozen.

I also attended at the studios for piping and fiddle playing and found that most enjoyable.

I did not see any white sand beaches, but I did see a lot of red soil.

Where I come from most of the towns are two hours apart by twin otter, in fact so far aprt and isolated in some cases the same language changes from one village to the next.

I was raised in a village that recieved all supplies once a year and mail once a month if the weather was good, by float or ski plane. But my play grounds was several hundred square miles by canoe in the summer and dog sled in the winter. When I was thirteen I would pick up a rifle and say I was going out into the bush or on the lakes.
I would come home several days to a week later, and when asked where was I, I just responded out in the bush.

When I went to PEI, it was hard for me to concieve of living your whole life in such a small place that is all, that is what I was trying to say.

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Old 02-24-2011, 01:13 AM   #16
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Hi: wcf... Our PEI experience was two fold. On the one hand it is truely Canada's "Garden Province" but on the other has gotten so commercialized. We certainly enjoyed our time there and "We'll be back"!!! Alf
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Old 02-24-2011, 01:25 AM   #17
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Hi: Again...Here's a couple more pic's to tantalize!!! Alf
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Old 02-24-2011, 11:32 AM   #18
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What's not to love about PEI? A province the size of the Okanagan Valley whose primary industry is Anne of Green Gables!

We found a really nice beach (Thunder something) that was not marked and had no tourists.
We saw our first Uniks in a campground, which are not common out west (an older fiberglass trailer brand).

Provinces like British Columbia can learn a couple of things about how to treat tourists from PEI - like:

1) provide a cycle path from one end of the province to the other.
2) let tourists into the province for free, but then charge them a toll to leave.
3) limit dangerous wildlife to raccoons and overhead geese.
4) have cool museums and historical sites but close them on weekends.

We'll be back on our next X-Canada trip.

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Old 02-24-2011, 02:47 PM   #19
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Where is that massive bridge and does it take you to PEI? I have never been to there nor the east coast. It sure looks pretty there
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Old 02-24-2011, 03:23 PM   #20
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Yukon Escape i did not take your comments negatively only that I am sorry that your experience seemed disappointing, which was too bad as there are lots of things to do. You just have to look in the right places, you probably noticed there is no billboard sinage (illegal). This keeps everything very picturesk. The next time you come to PEI let me know and i will tell you where to find all the secret spots that only the locals know about.
I realize that each area has things that make it unique but it is different and when traveling you have to expect to see and do different things or i guess you might as well stay home!!!!
My birth home was in Nova Scotia and i will agree that it took a while to get used to the Island way of life.
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