Month: August 2017

Friday August 11, 2017 We wake up early today as we want to get to Quebec City early enough to spend the afternoon there. It is a 3 and a half hour drive and a little further for us as we want to go see Montmorency Falls first which is just past the city. We […]

Thursday August 10, 2017 We are not in a big rush today and sleep in a little later than normal. This has us downstairs for breakfast at 0830. Today we are offered. eggs, bacon, blueberry muffins, and coffee. We start out with a granola and fruit parfait. We are being spoiled with the Bed and […]

Wednesday August 9, 2017 We wake up and the rain has gone. Our breakfast consists of muffin made by a local known as the muffin queen, toast, with different types of homemade jams, and herbed eggs in a croissant. Everything is excellent and we enjoy sharing stories with some of the other guests at our […]

Tuesday August 8, 2017 We are on the road by 0845 and drive to the Fortress of Louisbourg, our point of interest for today. What is the difference between a fortress and a fort? It looks like 4 letters to me. The real answer is a fortress has the civilian town inside the walls, a […]

Monday August 7, 2017 We wake up after a pretty good night’s sleep. It would have been better except for the torrential downpour that we had last night. Carol got up to close the windows as some water was getting in the room. This woke me up and It took me a while to fall […]

Sunday August 6, 2017 We enjoy our last breakfast with Tom and Doris and then shower and pack up. Today we are just making a leisurely drive south to the Codroy Valley, which will leave us with only a 35 minute drive to the ferry tomorrow morning. We pass the tablelands for the last time […]

Saturday August 5, 2017 Carol and I reverse our breakfast choices this morning, pancakes for her, eggs for me. We are going to do the Green Gardens Trail today and will not start it until later. This is due to the tides and a sea cave that you can go to at lower tides. Low […]

Friday August 4, 2017 We head down for breakfast at 0730. Our choices are granola, eggs with meat, or buckwheat pancakes. I opt for the pancakes and Carol has some eggs and sausage. I have real maple syrup and also put a bit of partridgeberry jam on my pancakes. I am enjoying the flavor of […]

Thursday August 3, 2017 We sleep in a bit today because last night, we set a breakfast time of 0830. We head upstairs and join Andrew, Susan, David, and Jenny. Jenny is making oatmeal, fish cakes, and eggs for breakfast. In addition, we each get a large partridgeberry muffin which one of us saves for […]

Wednesday August 2, 2017 We take a lazy morning today, sleeping in all the way to 0800. We make coffee and heat our blueberry muffins on the baseboard heater. Yes, it was cold enough last night and this morning for us to turn on the heat. Works out great for warming our blueberry muffins. By […]