Jardin Jeanne d'Arc
L'assemblée nationale
La fontaine de Tourny
Kim & Jaime Kate
Andrew & Kim
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Quebec - 400 Ans & Le Chemin qui Marche
We spent a long weekend in Quebec City in August, unfortunately it wasn't long enough. None of us wanted to leave come Sunday and we ended up getting home pretty late Sunday night, poor Deb had to drive even further to get home and get to work Monday morning. There was a lot going on for the 400 year anniversary, we went to a lot of celebration events and also to some old favourites.
We went to a concert titled "Le Chemin qui marche" (the walking road), named such because they shuttled us to the port and then had to walk to the outdoor stage on the beach along the St.Lawrence River. The night started out with a tribute to the river, as the river is what brought the explorers and established the city. The tribute was marvelous with performers, acrobats, pyro- and hydro- technics, and fireworks.
The rest of the night I have to admit that it wasn't a concert I would have normally gone to but I had so much fun. DJ Champion started off the night, then BranVan 3000 came on, and then at 2:00 the headliner, Moby took the stage. He was amazing, as was DJ Champion, I was a little disappointed by BranVan, they just didn't have the charisma that I expected from them. Moby ended around 3:00 and we headed out, but there was another DJ that played until 5!
The "screen" they had on stage was a big ball. Was very cool to see stuff projected on it through out the night. Not only the performers on stage but they made it look like a big disco ball too.
Deb & Kim with Moby right behind us!
Beginning of August '08
I've been riding Dakota a lot more this summer. My neighbour and her friends go to Otter Creek a couple times a year and they invited me to go along this summer since I now have a horse that is a reliable trail mount and will trailer. We left bright and early Friday morning and didn't come back until late Sunday afternoon.
The trails are really nice, Friday after setting up camp we rode to a restaurant, had lunch and rode back to camp. Trailside, (aka Buck's Place) mostly serves the trail riders (horses in the summer, snowmobilers in the winter).
The campground has standing stalls for horses with water spickets right by the stalls. There is sand for the bedding. The expectation is you will clean out your standing stall at the end of your stay, putting the manure in their manure pit, and replenish the sand you took out. Rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows and sand are all supplied for free. The people campsites have flat areas for tents, a few have enough space to pull a trailer into, most people park on the edge of the drive-through area and there are fire pits with grills. There is no electricity, but there is running water and flush toilets, there are also some porta-potties available closer to the camping area if you don't feel like making the short hike to the flush toilets in the middle of the night.
On the road between here and there, there's a large wind farm. I have never seen so many windmills. There were hundreds of them. Whenever I thought we'd passed the last ones we'd go around a corner or over a hill and there would be more. It was kind of creepy since it was such a cloudy day and came out of no where.
The trails are really nice, Friday after setting up camp we rode to a restaurant, had lunch and rode back to camp. Trailside, (aka Buck's Place) mostly serves the trail riders (horses in the summer, snowmobilers in the winter).
Horse Butts
Horse Heads (Dakota is all the way down on the end)
The campground has standing stalls for horses with water spickets right by the stalls. There is sand for the bedding. The expectation is you will clean out your standing stall at the end of your stay, putting the manure in their manure pit, and replenish the sand you took out. Rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows and sand are all supplied for free. The people campsites have flat areas for tents, a few have enough space to pull a trailer into, most people park on the edge of the drive-through area and there are fire pits with grills. There is no electricity, but there is running water and flush toilets, there are also some porta-potties available closer to the camping area if you don't feel like making the short hike to the flush toilets in the middle of the night.
On the road between here and there, there's a large wind farm. I have never seen so many windmills. There were hundreds of them. Whenever I thought we'd passed the last ones we'd go around a corner or over a hill and there would be more. It was kind of creepy since it was such a cloudy day and came out of no where.
End of July '08
Corey, Diana, & Ava came for a visit. It was their first time staying at the new house. We had a fun weekend eating out, cooking, and exploring a few new (creamery for ice cream) and old favourites (Taughanock Falls). Here's some pictures from the weekend. Sorry Guys, the Van Dance Party Video didn't turn out real well, my camera's video capabilities aren't the greatest.
Diana, Corey & Ava
Andrew & I
A few days after they left Mark and Jolene came and spent the night on their way to Quebec. I didn't take any pictures while they were here so these were stolen from Jolene...Thanks Jolene.
Taughanock Falls
Diana, Corey & Ava
Andrew & I
A few days after they left Mark and Jolene came and spent the night on their way to Quebec. I didn't take any pictures while they were here so these were stolen from Jolene...Thanks Jolene.
Mark and Jolene beating us at Cranium.
Mark being goat tortured by Andrew & Ella
Mark & Jolene in Quebec City
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Mid-July '08
Desperately trying to catch up...we've had a busy summer.My parents came to visit for a few days. We had fun going to Sterling Nature Center. Got "lost", well we missed our turn to get back to the parking lot and ended up WAY off course. Our nice leisurely afternoon walk turned into quite a hike. Lucky for us, we had some friends in the area that "rescued" us, so we only hiked approximately 5 miles instead of 7, as they drove us back the last two miles or so... just before the rain hit.
Blue Heron Rookery
Can you find the Bull Frogs? 
Don't Look at the Dead Fish!
Don't Smell the Dead Fish!
"Lost"
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