2 Miles and 4 Feet from Home: On to Quebec City!

The plan for today is a rest day. We will travel to Quebec City but our only plan is to set up camp and relax. The drive will only be about 2 hours and 45 minutes so this will be an easy day. We got up about 7 and walked jasper. Then we packed our stuff and got ready for the day. We went down to eat breakfast around 8 and remembered that we had to move the car by 8 so they could clean the streets. Parking here has been a dance for sure. First you look for free parking then when that is not available you look for metered parking. It is free from 9PM until 8AM but until that time it is $3 an hour. There are also signs on the street that tell you when they are going to be cleaned so you need to be aware of that as well. Anyway if you lived here a bike would be the way to go or maybe the bus when the bike would not do. After moving the car we had a leisurely breakfast we decided to head out about 9. Benoit our host said his good-byes earlier and told us to leave the key with the cashier at the coffee shop. He was super laid back and best I can tell seems to be living a super laid back life. Anyway the drive to Quebec City was uneventful and we only stopped once on the way there. Once we arrived at the Quebec City KOA we set up camp and checked in with our friends Janice and John. They were doing a similar trip to ours but were doing it in the opposite direction. They bought a full size camper last year and were on a 6 week trip. Wow 6 weeks!!! They are truly our hero’s. Anyway we decided to have them over for dinner so we went to the local Walmart to buy some groceries. This Walmart was very unusual. They had no fresh food. All of their produce and meats were frozen. Kind of crazy. Anyway we found another grocery store and got our supplies for dinner there. Lyn was cooking dinner and the sky started to get darker. A quick check of the weather showed that we were in for a lot of rain but that it should hold off until after about 9 PM. Janice works with me at Southern Guilford High School we have worked a lot of years there together. We both swapped stories of our trips while eating Lyn’s delicious meal made up of Pan-fried chicken, homemade mashed potatoes and green beans. We completed the meal with a store bought apple pie. Yum Yum!!! We talked til about 9 and then it started to rain. We said a quick goodnight and pretty much dove into the tent. We fell asleep about 10 while listening to the rain hit our tent It was peaceful, cool and we were dry. What more could you ask for. Tomorrow we plan to have breakfast at their place and they have offered to keep Jasper while we explore Quebec City. (One quick note that just happened while I was writing this blog. We have the picnic table on a bit of a slant. As I went to get up the entire table started to fall back on me and I watched as my computer started to be higher than me. I quickly rolled out of the table to let the table stay were it was. I thought I had done this unnoticed however I did here a couple of kids laughing a few sites a way. I just stood up faced them and took a bow. Not sure why but it just felt right. I know, I know, no more apple pie for me!)