A hot and humid day again; the forecast was 30% rain but we didn’t get any. Gaetan and Josette came for a visit and stayed for dinner too. Peter went to get my brother Marc whom I haven’t seen in over 20 years. He has changed a lot, quite roughed up and walking with two very sore legs, one of which was quite swollen. Anyway, we had as nice a visit as we could and it was great seeing him again, even in his condition. After dinner, we played games and swam then, too quickly, it was time to say goodnight to everyone as G&J have to work tomorrow.
After an excellent breakfast of buckwheat pancakes, we were invited by Gilles and Lise for a boat ride on the river. We spent the afternoon checking out nooks and crannies, stopping for fuel, sunbathing and swimming in shallow 80*F water. We had a great time, however around 5 pm the sky became threatening and we made it back home just in time before the sky opened up and a heavy rainfall poured on us; we ordered an excellent Quebec pizza for dinner and listened to the thunder storm around us (we were under the gazebo). The wind came up for a while but did calm down as we went to bed. Another excellent day!
Clouds, some rain and strong wind was the recipe for today! Peter and I went to Gaetan’s house to pick up some fireplace stones and brought that back to his place. Andre and his girlfriend Pierrette came out for the day and stayed for dinner. Val cooked a big pot of chili and everyone enjoyed it with salad and Ciabata bread; Gilles and Lise joined us too. We had a fire afterwards and told more stories and laughs. We called it quit around 11 pm.
Cloudy, windy and cool! We went to town today for more groceries and met Peter afterwards at “The Rock” for a drink. Very expensive @ $6.50 to $9 for a pint of beer...bloody ridiculous! Anyway, we also searched for English card and couldn’t find any so bought a blank one for condolences to Kevin’s mom who lost their grandma and mother. We came home and Peter and I went over to Gilles’ place to help him move his shed. We had a drink there after then came home and had dinner. Back to Gilles after to finish the job then home and bed.
We went back to Gilles to do some more work around the shed then I came home and drove to town to pick up the CD of the X-Ray for Tucker. I stopped at Cdn Tire for some parts that Gilles wanted then came home. We had a quiet day then after dinner, we all went to Gilles’ place for a drink. We proceeded to empty a bottle of tequila, a bottle to Tia Maria and Kalua. Thank god they were only one quarter full but we did get a good buzz out of it. We came home around 10 pm.
Sunny and very comfortable! We took off cycling late in the morning and did some Geo-Caching. We found two and missed three. We continued cycling to the village of Wend hover where the LEMAIRE cheese factory and restaurant is situated. Of course we stopped for poutine and a hamburger then we took scenic Hemming Road back to Peter. It is a very scenic route with lots of trees and branches over the road and very nice houses and lawns. We got back at 3 pm and found Therese and Michel had returned after going home for three days. We had a few beers to cool off then it was dinner time...chicken thighs, mashed potato and a salad, delicious!
We had an early night as everyone was tired from their day.
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