Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Ste. Anne de Beaupre


We took a little trip to a beautiful little town with a gigantic waterfall!  Isn't this a dreamy photo?

The leaves were just starting to change.......

We ran across a moose....

A fox... (Sean is so brave!)

A wolf.... (I am even braver!)

A black bear....oh my!



The waterfall was magnificent.  I don't know how tall, but the photos don't do it justive.



This doesn't look like much, but.....Ricky tried to cross it and couldn't, I tried but thought what do I have to prove?  Sean did have something to prove so he walked across the suspension plank.  It was so high up!

He is so high up!!!  That was a huge accomplishment!


Not only was the little bridge so high, but the planks were quite widely spaced, letting you see the ground way, way, below!


Look Mom, I did it!  Take a picture!  This is a photo I took of Sean, with the zoom on my camera.  He is on another suspension bridge over the rapids.  The bridge is made of grated metal so you can see the rapids below.  The rapids don't really show in this photo.....

but they do in this one!  I was by the bridge way, way, way, way up

I love the colored leaves in this photo, it reminds me of a quilt.



I met the challenge!






There wer some cows right next to the road.  We stopped the car and Sean touched one.


Sean jumped a mile when the cow stood up. hahahaha!


Sean thought it was really dumb that all the fire hydrants had a sign next to them. They are there to mark the spot for the firemen when the snow is really deep.  I guess he doesn't have enough Canadian blood in him!
We had a wonderful day in Ste. Anne de Beaupre.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Storefront windows in Vieux Quebec

I hope you aren't getting bored, but I wanted you to see some of the interesting storefront windows. 







They take the maple syrup and pour it on the snow and then twist it onto the sticks.  It is chewy like toffee. Mmmmmm......never got any this trip because I thought we would go to a Sugar Shack but never made it there. 







Everything is made with maple syrup.








Bridger would have been fascinated with this....



Greenery covering a planter.





I love the flowers in the shape of a design!


Monday, September 28, 2009

Vieux Quebec


Vieux Quebec City was so beautiful, I just couldn't take enough pictures.  This area is 401 years old, and I never expected it to be so big and feel so European.  I hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I enjoyed taking them!







This is an incredible mural painted on a very tall wall.  The men on the balconay are John A. MacDonald and Wilfred Laurier, they are the first and second Prime Ministers of Canada. 






We had dinner at this little sidewalk cafe.

Ricky ordered duck, duck and more duck.

I ordered french bed baguettes, with figs and roasted brie.

Sean was very daring and ordered Swiss cheese on his burger.  Plus, the fries are really French!!!

We were so squished at this little table and the water was spilled twice, not to mention all over my lap.....I must note that it is game day today!