Camping sur Mer, Carleton-sur-Mer, Quebec, Canada
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid. ~ Proverbs 12:1
Guess what! “The Powers That Be” must have heard my frustrated grumbling! You know “they” have ears everywhere, just ask Google or Alexa or Siri. Either that, or God put a bug in their ear. . . Two more updates later (this afternoon), and my pictures are working normally and the ‘saving document’ bar is working again! YAY!!
Our hike today was to the top of Mont Joseph – another steep climb, but this hike was up and down like radio waves. You know what I’m talking about?
Radio waves. 😊 (Hey! Let’s not be too critical of my drawing skills! Have you ever tried to draw with a mouse? They tend to squirm.)
Something about paying $30 for an annual membership (or something).
We don’t know why, because all the trails are free . . . .
You just know we had to go check that out!
Keep away – Falling ice.
Looks like a drive in our future . . . : )
Once we got started, the trail became more and more precarious too! I thought of what the Irish Catholics always seem to say when there’s some kind of crisis mounting – – “Saints preserve us!!”, but I found myself more often quoting Carrie Underwood – “Jesus take the wheel!” Or praying – “Keep my feet on the narrow path!”
Just os you know, Blaine nor I would never in a million years wear headphones when we’re out in the ‘wild’. And we don’t understand why you would. Why take away one of your senses? You can’t hear the birds, or the leaves rustling in the breeze, or each other, or your boots hitting the trail, or the deer running just out of sight, or the bears or moose trying to sneak up on you, and the list goes on and on.
And because it wasn’t scary enough as it was, let’s add some mountain bikes and share the trail! Not always, but at times, we had to share with the bikers. Fortunately, we didn’t cross paths with any on our trail. We did, however see a few on their ‘bike-only’ trails.
I do not like that, Sam-I-Am!
Believe it or not, Blaine’s a cautious adventurer, weighing risks, etc. I know some of you doubt that when you see him living life literally on the edge, but overall, he’s pretty cautious. On the other hand, I tend to lean towards reckless abandon. When I see something I think might be interesting or fun, I’m all set – “Let’s go!” With no thought to potential hazards (i.e. – I would’ve paddled right under that hole in Perce Rock, or at least tried to walk under it) But not always, and definitely not today! This was one scary trail! And sure as I live and breathe, when Blaine edits this, his eyes will roll if not physically, at least subconsciously. But this is one time I’m not exaggerating about the potential for slip-sliding away.
All that said, it was still a beautiful hike – especially once we got to the waterfall area. They had extensive wooden walkways (nice wide ones! 😊) to facilitate taking in the waterfalls and river/creek. Lots of extra steps and stairs, but it was worth it!
We discussed adding the extra steps and climbs for only a moment. We couldn’t possibly pass it up!
I wanted a perspective picture. Can you find him? : )
What else do you see? : )
At least I hope he is!
It’s also our hiking trail . . . Yikes!
Which means, extra everything. . . .
And a nice bench to rest up before we head up.
Well, you can’t let them see you taking pictures of them now can you?
It’s just my way of proving that there really were bike riders.
How they get in and out of the mountain, is anyone’s guess.
But once we got closer, we found the turn. : )
We enjoyed our unplanned drive too!
Since we’re not walking or driving a snowmobile, we should be okay. : )
So was a hoard of gnats!
We used one hand for eating, the other for shooing!
I suppose we could’ve left, but we were hungry and we imagined they could be anywhere we might stop,
so we just made the best of it.
Great spot to enjoy the scenery though.
And no gnats! Had we only known . . .
We stopped at the local grocery store on the way home and impulsively purchased dinner. They had these beautiful looking stuffed beef pinwheels. Now, I’ve never made these things, but I’ve seen them. You can stuff them with anything – lay out thin slices of good quality beef (like flank steak), lay on your ingredients, roll it up, tie a string around it to hold it together, refrigerate to firm it up, then slice into about 1” slices – or so the internet said. These seemed to have swiss cheese, red and yellow bell peppers, red onion and spinach. I say “seemed” because we couldn’t read the ingredients posted in French. 😊 Since I’ve never made them, I had to Google it. You can roast or fry. I chose to fry in just a tiny amount of pecan oil, then added a splash of red wine I keep for cooking.
They tasted as wonderful as they looked! We also picked up corn on the cob, which was also delicious! And at $4 each, a pretty economical meal. I’m trying to talk Blaine into picking up a few more and freezing them for later. We’ll see.