Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

Jacob is participating in a conference for food buyers and sellers in Toronto for the week so we decided to cramp his style and join him. Since domestic flights from Charlottetown are nearly as expensive as international flights we decided to drive. The kids have always done extreme well on a road trip. This time was no exception.

We hit the road bright and early by Dockendorff standards at 845 Saturday morning. With only two bathroom stops and one lunch stop we managed to make it all the way to Cornwall (Ontario, not P.E.I.) for the night. That’s about 1200 km in about 15 hours. Nora spent the time listening to the Frozen soundtrack or watching the Frozen movie – at least 4 times each. Madeline coloured and perfected her makeup techniques and Charlie powered through about 6 audiobooks. Jacob drove. I passed out snacks.

Since we had managed to make it so far Saturday night we had some time to kill Sunday before our AirBnB would be ready. We decided to stop in Prince Edward County en route to the city. We headed for Waupoos Winery since they seemed to have the most on offer. Honestly, I would have to say we were disappointed. The petting zoo was just a dark old barn with a couple pigs and chickens and the restaurant was not super kid friendly. The food was so-so. They do allow you to wander their grounds with your wine so we had a nice tour around the property after lunch. We did also get to have a glass of their most expensive wine since they had a bottle open (it’s normally not available by the glass) so that was kind of fun too!

We pulled into our AirBnB around 5:00. We quickly put in an uber eats order (only to find out that we can see the restaurant from the front step 😂), ran to the LCBO around the corner before they closed and placed an Instacart order for groceries. It’s a wonderful time to be alive.