On Saturday the 26th, we left Ottawa and headed for Huntsville, for a visit with friends. It was a beautiful drive through farm country with fields of golden wheat, fields of young corn stalks, fields where seed cast a golden haze over the tall green shoots of grass, and fields where it had been harvested and large round bales of hay lay drying under the not-so-sunny skies. And fields of neon yellow, where mustard was growing, were almost blinding to the eye. ...

We started out this morning at 8:45 and 65 degrees. And we had a lot on our plate for today. The plan was to see both Montreal and Ottawa, and we did our best. As is often the case, the GPS got a bit confused in the cities and that cost us some precious time. What did we ever do before we had a GPS? Read signs? Yes, we did, but that is easier if the signs are in English. So we decided to head over to the Biodome, which you can see for miles as you drive into...

We began the day at 9 AM and 62 degrees, we left Levis and took the short drive to Quebec. With the help of the GPS we had little difficulty finding the old city, and what a marvelous city it is. I am going to struggle to try and describe it, but this will be a challenge.   Old Quebec is located on the banks of the St. Laurence River. And it is hillier than I remember San Francisco to be. The elevation changes from one block to another are enormous. The lan...

We began the day at 8:40 with 72 degrees. And although the temps seem on the low side, we have not given up our shorts and short-sleeved shirts. 72 in Maine feels a lot warmer than 72 in Florida. It warmed up a bit, but we got into a lot of rain today, so the temps varied over the afternoon.Our first hurdle was getting the Quebec address into our Toyota GPS. For some reason, it just didn't like the address we were given, so over the day, we decided to put i...

We began the day at 9:30, 72 degrees, and headed east. The drive took us through a number of small towns, all with a lot in common. We saw many woodshops where artisans make furniture from locally grown trees. And we saw gift shops and antique shops all calling out to the many tourists, but not to us. We even saw one sign that said "Antique Books and Wine". Did the owners really mean what it says? I hope not. And all along the way there was an American flag fl...