Rain, rain, and more rain...all day with a high of 13*C!!! We went grocery shopping, just some necessity for the week-end and to our departure date. I stopped at Canadian Tire for an air and fuel filter but the prices were so ridiculous, I decided to wait until we are in the US to do that part of the maintenance; while here, I got propane @ $28, four dollars more expensive than the place in St-Charles. I topped up in fuel @ $1.33/litre @ Sobey then we came home and put everything away. I bought extra TIM HORTON coffee ground to last us for a while.
At 5 pm, we went back into town with Peter at a local Irish pub which he wanted to check out. There wasn’t any action happening there so we went to “Charlemagne” in downtown. This place was almost full so we had a couple drinks then came home and stopped at Gilles and Lise first but they weren’t home. At home we had a Spanish coffee then Peter went home for his cigarettes and we watched the tube for a while then went to bed. It is still raining and never let up all day!
The sun came out today with some clouds around; there was even fog on the lake this morning! Around noon, Peter and I went over to Gilles to give him a hand moving a temporary garage then putting another one up. The problem was that the first one was all tied down and full of stuff which we had to take out first. After building the second one, we had to put all the stuff back in the new one which was longer that the other. The first one was moved to the driveway to serve as garage for Lise’s car in the winter. Towards the end, Gaetan and Josette showed up and he gave us a hand. We finally finished it all by 5 pm at which time we were ready for dinner and a drink. We BBQ’ed steaks, potatoes and veggie then we called it an early evening. It is raining right now and there is a thunder storm.
A cloudy and cold day greeted us this date! Peter helped me load the kayaks on the truck, and I checked and put air in the tires and aid bags. In the afternoon, Gaetan & Josette, Gilles & Lise, Andre & Pierrette came out for one final “goodbye”. Pierrette made a big stew pot for everyone for dinner. First thing, Andre came over to check the drawer under the couch as it is very sticky. It ended up that we took the drawer slides out and need to replace them. I will have to do that tomorrow when the stores are opened. We sat around and chatted until it was time for dinner. Peter set up the table and we proceeded to devour Pierrette’s stew; it was delicious! Val made a salad to go along with that and we had Ciabata bread to swipe the gravy. Everyone went home around 9 pm and it was an emotional goodbye; the girls cried especially Val! We visited with Peter for a while then went home for the night.
It was supposed to be sunny today but we woke up to clouds, a cold morning(6*C) and windy! It did turn out to be sunny in-between the heavy cloud cover but very windy too with gust to 40 kph. Anyway, I fixed the sofa drawer. I didn’t have to buy new brackets. As it turned out, all I had to do is removed one washer that was spreading the brackets and VOILA, fixed! After that, Peter and I walked over to Gilles to have coffee and ended up moving some stuff with him before coffee...life with the Pauze’s J! We went home and Peter decided to move some plants and cut others then it was time for dinner. Afterwards, my sister Christiane and Suzanne came out for a visit and to say her final goodbye. Gaetan also came over; he went for a job interview and came out to tell us that all went well and he feels confident that he will get it. Eventually everyone went home after saying our final goodbyes.
Tomorrow we leave Quebec for Texas and warmer climate!
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