Parlez Vous Quebecois?

Having enjoyed the solitude of our Ottawa campground, it was great to have a visit with my cousin, Mary Lee and her husband Colin.  The have such a lovely garden and it was fun to sit around the table and catch up.  I hope their upcoming project is a success and I thank them for the books and poetry.  I particularly like the one called "Charlotte Gives Me Music".  Thanks for the beer and good conversation.

We are now in St. Jean Baptiste, Quebec in the nation's largest campground.  Who says bigger is better?  We pulled into our "full service" site to find the water attached to someone else's RV, the power 30 feet away (we only have a 25 foot electrical cord) and a not very level parking place.  Hard to keep from rolling out of bed.  I must say, however that the grounds are beautiful, with a lake and fountains and a cart track.  Since it's early in the season, not all of the amenities are open yet, but it was nice going to sleep last night to the sounds of frogs croaking.  (That's singing, not dying).

It is interesting travelling in Quebec, where all the signs are uni lingual.  We decided that we would put our own interpretation on some of what we saw.  For instance, there was a note taped on the wall of a washroom at the tourist bureau that we thought said "Please do not put your foot in the toilette".  

We travelled through Montreal at 10 kph and managed to find the tunnel that takes you to the south shore of the St. Lawrence, so I have yet to encounter one of those big scary bridges, I so dislike.

Today we are off to Quebec City and then on into New Brunswick tomorrow.  We should be dipping our toes in the Atlantic soon.  But for now, our goal is to hit the Walmart and then get ready for the hockey game tonight.

                                     

Our technology is serving us well and between the two of us we have 2 ipods, 2 laptops, 2 cell phones.  Here are 10 apps that are really handy when you are camping:

1. The level, for keeping us straight and even.
2. The flashlight app, which has an interesting assortment of strobes, glow sticks etc.
3. A mosquitoe repellant, that emits a high frequency sound to deter the little pests.
4. The mirror app for doing a quick beauty touch up
5. The list maker - for keeping track of what we need at Walmart
6. The GPS - although not as capable as Miss Hathaway
7. The camping cookbook app.
8. The English -> French translation app - although not very accurate
9. The camp songs app
10. The timer, world clock and stop watch app
11. Additionally, the weather channel app - although it really hasn't given us much good news so far.

Time to hit the road - To be continued......