Sunday May 25, 2008

 

 

Driving to Quebec

 

 

After several very busy days – trying to catch up in the office after a week in Minnesota, and preparing for our trip to Quebec and Maine – it was nice to relax in the passenger seat of our CRV and enjoy the beautiful sunrise and other scenery along the way.

 

 

At one rest stop we enjoyed the sound of thirty-plus motorcycles.  They were lining up to leave as we pulled away from the fuel island, so we just waited – and turned our windows down!

These were the only pictures I took on the entire trip.  I just felt like relaxing and playing one of my favorite computer games – Speedy Bubbles

 

 

You can find it at http://www.addictinggames.com/speedybubbles.html.  I even played it during most of our two-hour wait at the Canadian border.  There were four lines of vehicles going into Canada. 

After arriving at our motel, we met other TFC staff and friends who are here for the chapel dedication tomorrow.

 

This was our choice for supper.

 

 

You can see that we are back in the country of speaking French.

 

 

Our group of early arrivals.

 

 

We weren’t a large group, but very noisy. 

 

 

After a delicious meal, and driving back to the motel, most of us walked across the parking lot for coffee and dessert at Tim Hortons.  You cannot go to Canada without stopping at Tim Hortons.  It’s like visiting the USA and not stopping at a Starbucks!

 

 

A volunteer chaplain (in orange) and Dennis Finnamore, Director of Canadian Ministires (to his right) joined us.

After an early wake-up call Saturday morning (3:00 a.m.) for our drive to Quebec, we went to bed early – but were awakend at 3:30 a.m. Sunday morning to a very loud fire alarm.  It turned out to be the result of a drunk wedding party – when someone accidently turned it on.