Thursday 28th July 2011……a magical day!!

Woke up to sun again!!!!!   Had breakfast and packed lots of food and drink for a Bonita road trip….down to the ferry don’t you love these prices??

 

Not sure of the exact saying but something about not the destination but the journey anyway did 125 km today and there was a main highway but about 300 yards north was a beautiful secondary highway which I took and it was a delight.

First I shall high light things along the road then come back to the three destinations.

The speed limit was 50kph which was perfect for me and it went through these lovely small villages  with amazing churches enjoy the ride!!

This is much smaller than that small church I saw in Niagara Falls!!

All along the road were these cellars so interesting…

Had to stop here the smell of fresh bread got to me….

Went inside this little store and would you believe selling bread and maple butter by the slice!!!

I ordered a sliced brown loaf and a cinnamon bun and will pick it up on the way back will let you know later how it tastes..the slice of bread was yummy!!!

 

The next place was a farmers market with the most amazing fresh produce ordered strawberries, strawberry pie, potatoes, turnip, carrots and beans and will pick them up on the way home too.

It was one of the best road trips I have taken!!!

 

OK the first stop was here

The Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré is a major Roman Catholic place of pilgrimage and has the only copy of Michelangelo's Pietà^{[citation needed]} (the original is in the Vatican City). The basilica is also known as a place of miracles. One of the builders of the original church, Louis Guimont, helped build the church despite having severe scoliosis and needing the aid of a crutch. When the church was complete, he was able to walk independently. Subsequent visitors to the church who have prayed have left their canes, crutches and walking aides behind as testament to their healing. The main wall when you first walk into the basilica is now completely covered with crutches.

Such a wonderful and loving place!!

Went up on the hill to take this..

The next stop

I do like canyons and waterfalls…

The view from the upper suspension bridge..

Must confess after those suspension bridges I crossed in the Copper Canyon in April nothing will ever shock me!!!

There were steps down to the lower suspension bridge and many of you enjoyed the competition I put in the other day about guessing the number of steps…soooooo the first one to guess how many steps down gets two days free subscription to the blog

The last stop on the way home was the Parc de la Chute-Montmorency these falls are 95 feet higher than Niagara!!

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This was taken through the port hole on the ferry on the way home!!!

Was a truly lovely day so much fun and it was great to get around on Bonita…had supper and now in MacD’s again…

I leave tomorrow on the trip around the Gaspe Bay about 700km and then into New Brunswick…will post when I can blessings Les

Wednesday 27th July 2011…..Quebec City!!

This morning was quite overcast and dull but at least not raining…after breakfast rode Bonita down to the Ferry terminal they wanted 10 dollars just to park in the parking lot which seemed excessive to me for my little bike so I found this place….no dollars!!!!

The ferry is only about a 7 minute ride and it does take vehicles the passenger price was only 3 dollars!!

The Chateau stands above all the buildings and as you can they are doing some repair work to the tops floors but have wrapped it around with a mat and painted the mat to resemble the actual building….how ingenious!!!

The first impressions of this beautiful old city are of Europe and then my next impression is a European version of San Miguel in Mexico!!!

Join me as I walk miles around the small streets and avenues!!!

These stars are really popular in Mexico a good way to enhance the deck!!

No reason for this next photo just liked the scene!!

I like this photo too practising my techniques for this I laid the camera on the floor!!

Street scene…

 

Just like the doors in San Miguel the doors here are fascinating..

Check out the door numbers …superstitious maybe??

Two wall murals very beautiful!!

Just a guy cleaning    EXCEPT see below!!

 

This or Ramona??

I got back to Bonita around 5pm after a wonderful day so glad I spent the time here and this is one of the nicest places I have been to in years!!!

Back at Ramona where the 20 odd RV’s from last night have left but I am sure more will come in this evening.

After I left the McDonalds last night in the parking lot I was having a bit of trouble starting Bonita I think all the rain… whilst I was trying to get her going I saw this group of young men about 18 years old talking about 60 feet away and I saw one of them walk away and come up to me and offered to help…I told him thanks but I did not speak French…no problem he spoke English and he also knew the bike and how to get it going for me!!!  Just another random act of kindness!!!

Tomorrow it is supposed to be sunny again and I plan to take Bonita on the ferry and go to some waterfalls and canyons about 15 miles away…stay tuned!!!