In the end, we all ended up muddy Loonies in the St. Lawrence today. The mud felt really squishy and almost therapeutic as we squelched along the banks. It started out clean as we hopped from rock to rock and then we ran out of rocks and we still hadn't reached the water's edge. Once we gave up there was a whole lot of giggling and mucking about. That was our morning.
We hit the road and drove for a while, listening to the new audio book and pissing off the kids every time we stopped it for a pee break. I think they were also annoyed because they knew we were going to ask them to practice their French when we got to the cash register of any stores we hit.
In Montreal we stopped for Steamies at LeFleur as per our instructions from the Stevens. The folks there were fun and helped us to order. We tried a couple of words in French and they had to practice their English. In the end we enjoyed our treat and had fun.
We planned to pick a Walmart in Laval but the signs in the parking lots had us a little nervous. That and the fact that there were zero other RVs in the lots. We headed to the bagel place to grab as many bags of fresh, hot, delicious bagels as we could (they melted in our mouths) and then did a Costco run for beer. We received many odd stares as Mike pushed our laden-cart with the two kids on top of the beer-mountain through the store.
That all done, we decided that the best place to stop for the night might just be an official rest stop rather than chancing the signed parking lots tonight. We made it just inside the Ontario border and are watching the lightening as the kids settle in. As Mackenzie pointed out, we left Ontario in the rain and we come back to rain. In between we had nothing but gorgeous sunshine. What is up with the weather here?
Tomorrow will see us home. Bittersweet endings. We are all looking forward to hot showers, clean clothes and our own big beds but it is always a little sad to have to say that the trip is over. We have had a fabulous time together.
If you see no pics on this page it is only because they are not done uploading from my phone yet. I will get them up asap. Mike has most of the good pics from Montreal and Laval so you can look there for better ones.
We hit the road and drove for a while, listening to the new audio book and pissing off the kids every time we stopped it for a pee break. I think they were also annoyed because they knew we were going to ask them to practice their French when we got to the cash register of any stores we hit.
In Montreal we stopped for Steamies at LeFleur as per our instructions from the Stevens. The folks there were fun and helped us to order. We tried a couple of words in French and they had to practice their English. In the end we enjoyed our treat and had fun.
We planned to pick a Walmart in Laval but the signs in the parking lots had us a little nervous. That and the fact that there were zero other RVs in the lots. We headed to the bagel place to grab as many bags of fresh, hot, delicious bagels as we could (they melted in our mouths) and then did a Costco run for beer. We received many odd stares as Mike pushed our laden-cart with the two kids on top of the beer-mountain through the store.
That all done, we decided that the best place to stop for the night might just be an official rest stop rather than chancing the signed parking lots tonight. We made it just inside the Ontario border and are watching the lightening as the kids settle in. As Mackenzie pointed out, we left Ontario in the rain and we come back to rain. In between we had nothing but gorgeous sunshine. What is up with the weather here?
Tomorrow will see us home. Bittersweet endings. We are all looking forward to hot showers, clean clothes and our own big beds but it is always a little sad to have to say that the trip is over. We have had a fabulous time together.
If you see no pics on this page it is only because they are not done uploading from my phone yet. I will get them up asap. Mike has most of the good pics from Montreal and Laval so you can look there for better ones.
Mmmmmmmm lafleurs mmmmmmm
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