Day 19....August 25, 2013. Oh, Canada!

We have found the French-Canadians to be so nice.  I think since they speak French that some people think they are snooty.  As we left the campsite this AM, the "cork screw hunk" ( which is what we secretly called the god-like creature I mentioned yesterday), flagged us down and gave George a list of some micro-breweries in Quebec, since George had told him we are interested.  Then, after we sailed through immigration and customs, we stopped at the Quebec Welcome Center where the guy couldn't have been nicer.  I don't think he gets much business for English version of the brochures for remote areas.  He was thrilled to give us a lot of suggestions and loaded us up with a bagful of brochures and maps.  We went back to the car, and as we were checking everything, he came running out of the Center, giving us additional pamphlets on bike trails, since  he looked out of the window and saw our bikes.  We  took his advice and took the first exit off the highway to the Quebec Wine Trail.  We drove through lots of farmland.  Bought some blueberries and apples.  We stopped at one winery.  We were the only ones not speaking French.  I can get by pretty well as a lot of words are similar to Spanish.   There was a lot of road construction and detours, so we got lost again.  

We are in moose country,as per the highway sign.  Hope to see one.  Stopped in a nice campsite.  The Canadians rank theirs (like European hotels).  This is a 4-star.  I'll see how it fares on my rating system.  The Lake Placid one was a 3.3

We FINALLY finished the salmon.  We also ate some smoked salmon that Meredith gave us, left from one of her events.  We put it on crusty bread with cream cheese.  We had it for breakast and a picnic at lunch, in a lovely town called Venice-en-Quebec.   Meredith was able to sell most of hers through an

ad on Craigslist.  We are now trying to eat some of the canned goods we had leftover from home.  Tonight we are eating quesadillas.  Using some tortillas Meredith gave us, with some New York cheese, some grilled apple-smoked bacon, and charred red onion.....with a tasty side of pork & beans.