Canada, eh?

Troy survived the annual fishing trip and we met at Straits State Park just over the Mackinaw Bridge. Great views of the bridge and passing boats – beautiful place to camp.

On the road again we began our trek across the Ontario Province, it seemed like we were never going to make it to Ottawa. Green lush landscapes and Moose Crossing signs kept us company as we made our way along Route 17. We stopped for the night at Driftwood Provincial Park, it was calling our name (we live on Driftwood Lane in Michigan) and Troy needed a break, driving takes a toll on a person. The park was located on a lake with great trails loaded with blueberries for the picking. Blueberries were also everywhere along the Route. We could not figure out why so many cars were parked on the side of the road so we asked a local, people were in the bushes searching for blueberries – very strange and so many cars!

On our way to Montreal we stopped for a very quick tour and lunch in Ottawa. Since it is not so easy to maneuver the RV in the “Big City” we parked the RV at, you guessed it, a Wal-Mart and took the Jeep into the heart of the city. We didn’t stay long though, we parked the RV in front of a sign stating “3 hour parking while shopping only” and since the puppies were in the RV we were a bit nervous that we would come back and the RV would have been towed puppies and all, not good! So we only checked out the Ottawa Market – Great places to stop for lunch, cool bars and what a wonderful farmers market!

We made it to Montreal and played the part of tourist visiting the downtown area with a bus/aqua tour – we road around town learning the history and seeing the historic sights and then the bus went into the water to see the town from the Saint Lawrence River, weird tour, looked more fun then it actually was but we did get to see the sights in a unique way. We then toured the Basilique Norte-Dame Church, gorgeous stained glass and wood work, amazing!

We also went to the Montreal Tower at the Parc Olympique where the Olympics were held years ago. Strange that they offer tours for a parc that is no longer used, the place was desolate however the tower offered great views of the city.

We arrived in Quebec to learn that the city was celebrating 400 years. There were special displays throughout the city and numerous performers in the city centre. We loved Quebec, it was a little slice of Europe in North America.

Beautiful buildings, great people and pubs everywhere! Great food too! One new favorite: Poutine, French fries with cheese curds covered with brown gravy, yummy! The next morning we headed to the Citadell, Quebec Fort, and witnessed the Changing of the Guard, what a process to go through every day!

Later in the day we headed to Montmorency Falls, the tallest falls in Quebec – we took a tram to the top and walked over the falls – very wet! We will definitely make it back to Quebec to do more exploring in the future!