End Montreal - Begin Quebec

July 1 was Canada Day. We tubed into town and walked around. We went to the Mary Queen of the World Cathedral. It's quite the structure!


Inside the cathedral.


The tall thing that the priest stands under. I do not know what it's called.


This is the train station. It's old, but it's still in use.


Two young women rented bixis and one put her dog in a cardboard box in the front carrier. The dog was not amused, and jumped. Doggo was on a leash and when we first saw this unfolding, he was swinging from the leash while the young woman was coming to a halt. Fortunately he did not put a paw into the spokes and he did not die.


Still walking - not sure what this was, but it's a cool building.

McGill University. It's a beautiful campus.



We spent some time looking for the Golden Square Mile. The walking tour directions in the guide book were bogus and we had to keep bringing out the map. People were really nice, they would come up and asking what were looking for. Unfortunately, even the residents had not heard of the area. It's an area of huge old homes. They used to be occupied by an Anglophone upper crust. Now they've either been turned into multi-family or Consulates.


The Russian consulate. Cameras everywhere - we waved and took pictures.


July 3 we drove back into New York. When we reached the border, the nice Border Agent asked us where we were going and why, and we told her, and then she said, "Do you see that line over there?" Yepper, about a 3 hour wait to get back into Canada. Then, she was nice and told us about other, much less used crossings. We had planned to get the mail in Champlain, but nooooooooooooo, they closed the PO at noon for the holiday. So, we went to Plattsburgh and hit the Walmart there. We're developing a siege mentality about staples because stuff is so expensive in Canada. So, we did a major shopping in NY and headed back to Montreal. We hit the first crossing the agent told us about, and there was no one there. No one! It was just surreal. And, after crossing, it was a very pleasant drive through the country.


The Montreal KOA is out in an area that is primarily agricultural, but is in the process of being developed. There is a lot of retail going in and housing developments. We were really surprised at the size of the houses going up right next to a huge retail clot. These places are huge, they're just stupendously large. And yes, these are single family.



This was our favorite.


So, now we are in Quebec, where a thunderstorm is on the way. Aye, it's a dark and stormy night. We see that the jet stream has dipped south again, and the wretched low is STILL parked over the area.
The park is not too bad. Their wifi is abysmal, but the aircard is working much better than it was in Montreal. For mysterious reasons not understood by us, Jim is not able to access his email with the aircard. So, if he doesn't respond to an email, that's why. My email works, but his does not. I think we're going to have to find an internet cafe for him. We're here for 21 days, then it's off into the east and the wild blue yonder.