Soap Boxes, Construction And Beauty 08/15/19

Camping du Phare a Perce, Perce, Quebec, Canada

The LORD detests men of perverse heart, but He delights in those whose ways are blameless.  ~ Proverbs  11:20

It’s official.  Too many American bureaucrats have lost their minds and their common sense.  Blaine read the Akron Beacon Journal (he gets it on-line) and informed me that our Department of Transportation has now approved miniature horses as support animals for travel with passengers onboard airplanes.  Incredible!  Is it supposed to sit in a seat?  Block the aisle?  What does that do for safety issues in the event of an emergency?  What if it needs to potty?  What about the passengers on board who are allergic?  That goes for all animals they let on board.  If you need an animal to help you cope, drive your own vehicle or walk.

I’m climbing off my soap box now so I can enjoy the rest of my day.

By the way.  Did you ever wonder where that term comes from?  It began in the 1800’s when soap was shipped in heavy-duty crates.  The crates or boxes were free and easily accessible and often, people who had an opinion of some kind to share (often political) would stand on one to elevate themselves above a crowd, thus catching people’s attention plus they could be more easily heard.  Nowadays, people use social media – Facebook, YouTube, blogs, etc.

It was a 3-hour, 118-mile drive today, however, we encountered a loooonnnnggg road construction delay.  Twenty-five minutes on the same stretch of road!  There was a massive amount of work going on.

This truck is hauling a windmill blade. Those things are huge!
There are quite a few IGAs up here.
Suprising. We thought they were a US thing.
The line up.
We waited here for a long time as the line increased behind us.
Now we get to go, but the going’s slow and dusty.
We had thought we were just about done, “But wait! There’s more!!”
Wait a minute . . .
does that say ‘dynamite’??
We thought we’d be done once we got past this. Not.
This was really close! At least the truck was stationary.
Here you can see the markings of the former path for Route 132.
Long line waiting for us to come through.
And we’re done!

There was only one road today, Route 132, but we crossed the same train tracks at least two dozen times!  Not sure if the tracks were curvy or we were (or both), but often times there were nice homes set between the road and the tracks.  How’d ya like to live there?

That’s the town we’re looking for!
This is us!
Hey! When’s that show coming back on???
We had to drive out to the end of that spit.
How’d that get there???
It’s not a little dingy either!
Very nice!
We’ll enjoy that seperate path this week!

Camping sur Mer, Carleton-sur-Mer, Quebec, Canada

We’re close to both Maine and New Brunswick, Canada.
In fact, on clear days, we an make out the New Brunswick coastline.

What a site Blaine reserved for us – – again!  We’re sitting between the sea and the mountains on a large corner lot with gorgeous views everywhere we look!  Even when we’re looking toward other campers, we can still see the water.

I couldn’t wait . . . This is our ‘moring view’!
And our front and side views!
We walked out to the beach since we arrived so early.
And around the corner to the lighthouse.
Inside the lighthouse, there were a few photographs of people done by some Canadian artist.
In our humble opinion, this was the best of the bunch, and it wasn’t even contributed to the same artist.
This was on a history information board that we couldn’t read. : )

After an early dinner, Blaine took off on his bike and road to town and back because they have a bike path that begins here.  I stayed home and tried to get some blog work done.  It’s hard when there’s only a small amount of service available and the campground one’s slow. . . .  I’m kinda whiney today, aren’t I?  I’ll try to do better tomorrow.

That’s the sun, it still has a ways to go to be set, but how beautiful!
Blaine took these pictures on his bike ride.
He spotted the coach across the bay.
And he found, “the most important building in town.” haha!

This is our last stop in Canada.  Six days from now, we’ll be re-entering the US and heading for home. And we’ll have our full Verizon service again!  Yippeeee!!!

Beginning on September 27th, we’ll be parked in Mogadore until October 28th.

We’re excited to see everyone!

We ended our day by watching the stunning moon rise, right from our front window!  Without the right special photography equipment, you just can’t capture it.  God is soooo good to create beauty for us to enjoy!

That’s the best we could do for a moonrise picture.
Hopefully, you get the idea. It was beyond words!
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