Posts from ‘August, 2006’

Because we parked near the Rideau Centre, the first major attractions we saw were… The War Memorial and the tomb of the unknown soldier. Chris, Karen, and Emma joined us from Kingston, just a short drive down the road. One of our goals was to see… Parliament! Open to visitors all summer. (When I was [...]

They have 2 polar bears. Natalie is having fun! Here is an octopus… Extreme closeup! The gardens inside give a great view of the bridge over the St. Lawrence River that leads into Quebec.

The lower gate entrance we used to go inside: A caleche ride is a great way to see (and photograph) the city. The provincial legislature buildings. The old city streets are very narrow. But interesting! The architecture is great to see. Here is the Notre Dame Basilica. This tree is over 150 years old. As [...]

The building is massive. It can easily be seen from the nearby highway (and maybe the space station…) Approaching the front… The main entrance. Inside, the workmanship is just as impressive This is a working Catholic church. A service was under way when we arrived. There were lots of displays… Hallways… More areas for services… [...]

These falls are higher than Niagara Falls, but do not have the same volume of water. It was just East of here that Wolfe made an unsuccessful attempt to attack Quebec City several weeks before his victorious attack at the Plains of Abraham that conquered Lower Canada (Quebec) from France for Britain and forged what [...]

We spent some time getting used to the place, and it didn't let us down. Set in a nicely wooded area near a river, it had top-notch facilities and was close to all amenities. Our first day began with an unexpected visitor into the screen room of the trailer… After Grampy managed to safely convince [...]

On Friday, Aug 11, we departed Saint John at about 6:00 AM for Beauport, Quebec (just outside Quebec City), a distance of about 750 km (500 miles for you metric-challenged readers… On the way, there was a major accident on Highway 185, the main link between New Brunswick and Quebec that slowed traffic for quite [...]

Karen and my goddaughter Emma were in town at Grammyham’s place. We decided to go visit them! Here, Emma and Natalie meet! Karen has them both and is loving every minute of it! Here is Grammyham with Natalie

Here are the walls, all covered with sheetrock. The sheetrock pile has been reduced quite substantially! Here is the pocket glass door Nadine wanted for the laundry room. We only need to add some sheetrock to make the innards disappear!

After some hand-wrangling, Nadine finally decided on this statue of this fellow, whom I have nicknamed “Frank the Sissy” (I think he is better known to the Catholic community as St. Francis of Assisi…). After strugging to carry him from the shop to the van, we managed to find a spot for him in the [...]