Freedom Convoy 2022 PEI

There comes a time when a man has to stand up and decide what he is standing for. It's one thing to talk about what we're going to do; it's another to actually get up and do something. Today was one of those days, and while we didn't do a lot of standing, we definitely did our part to join in the freedom movement.

Tanner and I joined the slow-rolling convoy (which wasn't going that slow on the highway) near our church. Unfortunately, the Honeybunny was working, or she would have joined us. The oldest boy was at home, watching the youngest. So, it was just the two of us. I was going to crank some Meat Loaf in honor of the drive, but he wanted Weird Al instead. Well, it's father-son bonding time, and that's what matters.

The convoy grew in stages; there were about five gathering points up west before ours. There were about a dozen vehicles at our gathering point, which may not seem like a lot, but Western PEI is not exactly an urban metropolis. The largest towns (both of them) have about a thousand people each. Still, it was exciting to be a part of this, and once the convoy arrived, we followed along and headed for Charlottetown.

The drive to Charlottetown was about an hour and a half, but once we got there, it was a forty-five minute drive to get downtown. According to the people who were watching the convoy, it ended up being ten kilometers long by the time everyone had joined it. Again, tiny island with a population of about 165,000 people. A 10km convoy driving into Charlottetown? That's massive. And that doesn't include all the people who were cheering roadside along the way.

We didn't take as many pictures as I would have liked, but there were plenty of people waving flags and cheering as the convoy rolled by. It was quite the feeling to be a part of that, and Tanner was loving it, waving and holding up his sign out the window as we waited at traffic lights and other delays, getting more cheers from people who were recording the convoy themselves.

It was quite the time. But the best part was when we got downtown, where the bulk of the bystanders were. There were a few hundred people down there, cheering like crazy. It's not Ottawa, but it was fantastic.

What a day to be a Canadian in PEI. Make no mistake: This is no 'fringe minority' movement; we are the majority. I can remember each and every person we saw today who was opposed to the convoy; there were only a dozen or so of them.

Will convoys like this have any real impact on the politicians? I believe it will, because the people are speaking loud and clear. We want the mandates to end; we want our lives and our freedom back, and even the vaccinated people are tired of being cooped up at home.

As I mentioned before, I don't really like talking about politics on the blog. But history? That's my jam. And this is history in the making.