Day 54 Friday June 29

What a wonderful day. Sunny, warm and spent all day on bus tour of Quebec and environs. All around the old city with frequent stops, then a lunch break, and on to several stops out of town – falls, island in the St. Lawrence where strawberries are in season, and Basilica of St Anne de Beaupre. Also copper museum that dedicated to the man that did the doors at the basilica, etc. Interesting. Just a great day and I actually got to take some pictures that included sun. Just love this city. It is also a UNESCO heritage city and they are gearing up for their 400th anniversary next year. Would be fun to come back for the brouhaha they are planning. They average 12 feet of snow and only 150 day growing season so it definitely needs to be in the summer. The St. Lawrence is wonderful.
We didn’t realize that it is Canada Day on Monday so we were lucky to extend our time at this camp here through Sunday. They had a cancellation. We will leave Monday to keep out of the traffic and see some of the museums and things. Everyone is headed to “cottage country” in the Laurentians primarily. Hope the weather holds. Other problem is that the aborigines (Indians) are protesting and shut down a major highway by setting fires and the railway between Toronto and Montreal. Because we are headed that way decided not a good idea to get into all of that. Probably why there was a cancellation. They blocked the bridge to Quebec for 90 minutes today after we already crossed it.