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Article: Prince Edward Island on a commoner's budget.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- June 29, 2004
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Byline: Ellen Creager
CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island _ I remembered this place in July. I specifically remembered blue ocean, red dirt and emerald potato fields the color of Ireland.
So when I heard spring was a bargain in this Canadian province, I jumped at the chance to come back.
There was one tiny catch.
In late May, it's still sort of winter up here.
On the northeastern side of the smile-shaped province, dirty snow clung to the red hillsides that sweep down to a grumpy, gray Atlantic ocean. Most tourist attractions and shops were still deep in winter's sleep. Anne of Green Gables doesn't even braid her pigtails ...