Rantings from Ray (the cat)

I finally got hold of a mouse! Okay it’s not a real mouse just the computer mouse.

Mew to all my fans. Robin told me my blog got the first comments.

Some… musings or is it meowsings?. hmmm

- It takes me .01 of a second to get out of the halter leash. I tolerate it…barely…when I want…maybe.

- I am practicing my pouting.. Getting quite good at it, Robin says.

- If I don’t want to go where the leash wants me to go I just flop down and they can drag me or pick me up and carry me. I don’t care I am not moving.

- I don’t understand how I can sit and stare up at the door then at Robin then at the door then at Robin and it doesn’t open like the doors at my real house. Hmm go figure.

- not sure what attitude is but Jack says I have plenty of it.

At least some things haven’t changed…my food and my water dish. Oh and my treats.. and my scratchy post/bed and my special warm fuzzy blankets… .

Some things you just need.

I still dislike the pack up and move the world /do the gypsy thing… but I am (must I say it) enjoying when the trailer stops moving and I can sit on the back of the couch or on one of the easy chairs… (yes I took over a chair. Jack’s I believe) and watch the world go by.

Hmm …doesn’t matter. Just between you and I… If they throw something…anything and yell fetch. (like I’m a dog) I am out of here.

Meow.

Rest of New Brunswick

From Fredericton we travelled to Moncton. Of course we visited Magnetic Hill and it was totally startling and a little unsettling. It is an illusion but an amazing one. We went golfing where we are staying (enough said about that) and spent the next day visiting the Hopewell Cape rocks on the Bay of Fundy and then drove to Shediac where we had our first Atlantic Lobster dinner starting with steamed mussels and shrimp cocktail. Gotta love it! Yumm

I totally recommend a visit to the Hopewell cape rocks. This is where one of the highest tides in the world occurs. It was 36 feet the day we were there. We walked on the beach and took a lot of pictures.

Shediac Lobster ( Lobster capital of the world.) No we didn't eat this one!

Tide out....

Tide going out

Jack's restaurant???? (We had the absolute best seafood chowder at this place)

A Detour...

I woke up in the morning and went on the internet to see where John Hiatt was going to be playing this winter. We had been listening to his music and I was hoping to get tickets for Jack for Christmas. I couldn’t believe it when I found out that he was playing in Fredericton @5:30 that night. Jack thought I was kidding. We checked it out, got tickets online, packed up and headed for the Blues and Jazz festival in Fredericton. Our timing was tight and got even tighter when we realized that there was an hour difference. We phoned ahead for a campsite and dropped the trailer off, grabbed a cab for downtown and got to the venue just as they were opening the doors and letting people in. Absolutely fantastic. He is a great entertainer and played some of our favorite songs. Totally enjoyed and Jack had the opportunity to talk to him. After the show we walked around and listened to other musicians’. Well worth the major detour.

Yes the contest picture is Jack :-) and John Hiatt.

A contest

Who Is this Man?

Who is this man?

Saint Luce at low tide

small city streets

The gate to the citadel

Hotel Frontenac as seen from the ferry

We took a short ferry from Levis Québec, where we were camped, right into the old part of Quebec city. It was very impressive with the history, the small winding streets and all of the sites, etc. Once again food played a big part in our day and we had Pea soup, Meat pie and maple sugar pie…Very delicious. We walked all around the city and the citadel and visited a museum. We drove from Quebec city along the St. Lawrence up into Rimouski . Camped along the beach in Saint Luce. This is similiar to being along Okanagan Lake with the beach and all of the cottages etc. After visiting Quebec I think everyone should see it. The history, the scenery the different type of housing and farms is neat to see. The country is very beautiful.

Montreal anecdote

Picture of a park in Montreal...maybe a dog park as there were a lot of dogs and they were thirsty.

While driving around in Montreal we turned off a busy main road onto a quieter side street. It was a one way street with three small lanes. We wanted to turn right at the next intersection, so we got into the right lane. However the signs indicted that the lane was only for bicycles and buses. So we pulled into the centre lane behind quite a few other cars lined up one behind the other and waited for the light to turn green. Which it did, but the line of cars didn't move. We waited for the light to turn green again when Jack mentioned to me that it didn’t seem as if there was anyone in the driver seat in the car in front of us. I was checking it out when we both realized that the centre lane was a parking lane. All of the cars in front of us were parked.

YES (my sons) we laughed and quickly moved into the left lane where continued on our way.