In My World

Every night that we had decent internet service we posted a video about our next day schedule.   On Day 2 we were leaving Cornwall ON and making the almost 800 km drive to Digdeguash NB.  It was a long day of mountainous roads and monotonous scenery.  By the end of Day 2 and we were starting to not like rocks and trees . . . and that is so not like us. We were driving somewhere between Sherbrooke QC and Coburn Gore ME when we found this little gazebo in Notre-Dame-des-Bois QC.  With an altitude of 555 meters , Notre-Dame-des-Bois is one of the highest perched villages in Quebec. Built in 1877, it is named Notre-Dame-des-Bois in honor of the Virgin Mary. Lying against the foot of Mount Megantic and Mount St. Joseph, this village core is surrounded by a sea of ​​mountains ; from Marble Mountain to Saddle Mountain and Urban through the White Mountains, which form the borders of New Hampshire and Maine.  If you stand facing the direction of each ...

Three lessons learned today.   #1  Don't try and cross southern Quebec and Maine on the same day.  They are both fascinating drives and we stopped way too many times.  This lead to us having to call our hotel and set up a late check in.  More on that later. #2  Time zones are confusing.  We couldn't figure out why the GPS informed us we would arrive at the hotel at 9:24 pm when we knew that was an hour later than we had planned.  Forgot to plan in the time zone . . . duh! Even when I pick a hotel or motel that turns out to be even less than expected, I usually find something amusing or even downright funny to say about our adventures in that particular under par establishment.  I can't think of anything amusing to say about the Canada International Hotel in Cornwall ON.  It is just simply unloved and uncared for. After a quick run into Tim Hortons in Cornwall we were headed east to the Quebec border.  It was a...