Wednesday September 3, 2014
It is morning, my human is up. Me-out!
Me-out! ME-OUT! ME-OUT!!! Oh, my paws are getting wet. I will come back in.
It rained last night, a nice hard rain. We have a bit of a lake behind Hannah, but we
don't have to walk back there so we are good. Today we are going to the town of Beaupre. Beaupre is on the north west side of the St.
Lawrence from Quebec.
With Samaaaantha's navigational prowess, we have now seen
far more of the streets of Quebec and its surroundings than most natives. But, she ultimately got us to the Canyon
Sainte-Anne for a hike around the water falls.
There are trails around the waterfalls with suspension bridges. The falls are tall and powerful. The water is a bit yellow due to the mineral
content, but supposedly, it is potable.
The surroundings are heavily wooded with maple, hemlock, birch, pine and
poplar, which makes for a very pleasant hike around the area. Some people say this is the prettiest... I
have one word for them... YOSEMITE!
Today we learned why there is so much animosity between the
French and non-French. The non-French regions are very accommodating
to the French. Signs are in both English
and French. Many people speak both
languages. In Quebec, it is against the
law to put signs in both languages and they are not allowed to teach English in
the schools. I am sure it can be an elective,
but English cannot be mandated. I think
this puts kids at a terrible disadvantage, but that's the way it is. So, the English accommodate the French, and
the French accommodate themselves! At
the waterfalls, the signs were in multiple languages. It probably created quite an uproar when
those signs were posted!
On the way home from our excursion, we stopped for some
grocery shopping. We then let
Samaaaantha take us on another wild goose chase. Instead of taking one of those really nice
freeways, she took us on a whole lot of surface streets to save a kilometer in
distance. I hate that witch!
Week 9 and my spouse is still alive...
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