Day 75 - Montreal, Quebec

It is Monday, August l3th, and again we started the day off by saying "Good Bye" but this time to Patty and Rod.  We drove to Montreal and they headed to Maine for a couple days but they will return to Canada.  It was a travel day - parts of which we had already seen, especially along the Gulf of St. Lawrence.  I didn't see any whales - again!!

With driving, we sure noticed a lot of road construction everywhere in the Maritimes, but especially in Quebec.  They have tons of equipment as well as a lot of men employed - great for their economy.  This section of road went on for miles.



The scenery was still beautiful especially by the water as it was so clear and calm - note the reflection in the middle picture.  There seems to be a lot of manufacturing in this area.  We saw a plant that built pipes of all different shapes and sizes as well as buses - plus many others.  I think I was the most impressed with all the farming.  They won't have a shortage of corn this year as we saw acres and acres of beautiful looking crops.  There were fields of other crops as well but I couldn't tell what they were.

One of the reasons we came to Montreal was to see more friends of ours from Mesa, Lise and Bernard Lefebvre.  They were three sites from us in Mesa as well as on the tennis leaque.  In the summer they live in their very nice 5th Wheel in a beautiful campground.  They get to enjoy playing tennis in the summer as well but most importantly spend time with their family.  Lise fixed a very nice dinner for us and we ate outside in their screened in room.  They are going to give up a day to play tennis tomorrow to show us around Montreal, for which we really appreciate.   We had to call it a night as I had to catch up on my blog since I didn't have internet access the last couple days. 

Thanks again Lise and Bernard for the great dinner and drinks.  Hope everyone that reads this blog has a chance to enjoy time with their friends and family.  Good Night!!