Fun in the sun

We had a pretty fab week-end. Saturday morning we went out for breakfast. Usually what happens when we need groceries. We cycled over to the ferry in Longueuil. It runs ever hour on the hour to the Old Port of Montreal and returns on the half hour. Very nice service. The first floor of the ferry was full of bike racks. It's funny because I'm used to my new bike but I forget that the people I meet have never seen it and stare and ask questions. It's still lots of fun. We're seeing more and more recumbent riders on the paths.

I took the following pictures on the water. The first is an old light house. I thought I'd share it since it's rarely seen but by water. The back side of an island is a strange place for a light house.



While approaching the dock, we passed by the clock tower at the end of Jacques-Cartier pier. See the sky. I wish the whole summer could be like that. 26C and sunny.
Daddy called to invite us for dinner to one of his favorit fast food joints. Marius' is in Chambly beside the basin. It was a nice night and where did all the seagulls go? There must be an invisible force field. Don't get me wrong. It was great to not have to fight for my food.
There were three of these in the sky. Powered para sailling. Crazy thought. They were about 3km away and pretty loud because of the fans on they're backs. I hope they wear ear plugs.

First Geo Caching outing

Last week-end we went Geo Caching. The experience was a lot of fun. We could have asked for a few less bugs. I didn't mind the rain though. We hiked up to almost the top of Mount-Bruno. We searched and searched for the cache but did not find it. We were disapointed but did enjoy the outing.

Eric, MJ and Ronald saw a nice deer. Eric got a picture but I was out in the woods and missed it.

I came into Mommy and Daddy's house to change and smelled baked goods so we invited ourselves to banana bread. It was tasty and the tea warmed me up. Oh and the sweater she lowned me.

Yamaska Park

A couple of weeks ago, Eric and I went to Yamaska Park for the long week-end. It's a very nice well maintained parc. It's features are camping, multi-use trails and resevoir with a nice beach.
The first night we were there it rained so we put up our new Costco tent. What a nice tent. Very roomy but takes a little longer that the previous one. We sat in the vestibule and hung out. What a nice feeling to hide from the bugs and rain without having to put the kitchen shelter up.

On Saturday, we went for a bike ride around the resevoir. It was a beautiful 20kms but the longest 20kms in my life. It was very hilly. There were signs with grade like 9% and to check your breaks but they made up for it by having the trail very well maintained crushed stone. We brought lunch and had it by the water. The weather was hazy but nice. It was a lovely day.
We had a great packed lunch and for dinner we made pasta with homemade pasta sauce. (no I didn't make it)
On Sunday we went for a ride to Grandby from the campsite. It was also a nice ride but mostly paved and way off the streets. We coasted into town and Eric took his bike to the bike shop for a cleanning of his crank. Initially it had not been well greased and they openned it up and re-greased it. They did a great job. We were snacking near the river when I noticed a voice mail from Laurel. She was coming down with her familly to join us. She gave us plenty of lead time so we head back to camp with 1 hour to spare.
When they showed up, we walked over to the beach. It's too bad it was a little too cold to swim. Clara was dying to go in so we took off our shoes and walked in the water. It was pretty cold but refreshing. Leo on the other hand wasn't as impressed and hung out with Mom.
Clara talked a mile a minute and seemed to have a good time. We made her favoite food. Hot Dogs! yummy. I think Marc was disapointed that we didn't have a fire but maybe next time.
We were thrilled to see them all and had a blast.
On Monday we drove back the scenic way. It's so nice being under an hour away from home. We'll go back!