Nemoworld

So yesterday, after a good night of sleep, we did several bike tours around the Mirror Lake (yes it’s a tiny lake so…) and got a map of the region (to see the hiking trails).

We ended up during the evening in a very good (this time) restaurant: Great Adirondack Steackhouse & Seafood. I never ate a so good prime rib steak honnestly. It was serve like I asked (medium rare) with a smal container with gravy inside and a good baked potatoe. Friend meat lover, go there !

The rain pushed us back to the hotel at the end of the day…

Ok today, we are going to climb Wright Mountain in the south of Lake Placid. The last review I saw said 6.2hours round trip and close to 2500ft difference. The backpacks are ready.

See you

Here we are !

We got to the place (The Mountain View Inn) in about 6h through the interstate 87. And this inn is in pretty good shape and good location.

First thing, you can smell and feel the difference in the air here. It’s cooler, less humid and a smell of pine comes from time to time.

After putting suitcases and bikes, we got a small visit of the town and finally got to a restaurant called “Firestone” … Well don’t go there seriously. It’s really not good at all.

Now, this morning after a quick breakfast in the motel (coffee and fruits), let’s go biking around Mirror Lake

See ya

Yup, vacation time is over, and after a long drive through Quebec and Vermont, we’re back to Home Sweet Home.

My wife published recently our pics –> here.

It was a good time for hiking, bicycling everywhere (at least 20 miles a day), kayaking, eating delicious meals (mmmmmmm), finding nice rocks to bring back, trying to sleep with the noise of the trucks and watching those marvelous whales ! Well, a pretty good time yup !

Well, time goes fast, then lets back to work !

After few days at Saint Anne de Beaupré : beautiful church with decorations and geometric patterns coming from the local Indians tribes (tons and tons of mosaics, really marvelous), we are going to go to Baie Saint Paul much norther. It’s still next the Saint Laurent river and much colder.

We should have the time to see the whales and belugas in the bay with the croisieres dufour
Also, see the parks around, enjoy the landscape in bicycle !

Well no Internet for at least 6 days .. so see you soon.

Yup, we have left Montreal to visit this beautiful valley. We are staying in a motel pretty simple but decent and clean at Saint Anne de Beaupré, close of the church where the remains of Saint Anne are kept (an arm !!).

It seems a very important site for pilgrims, something similar to Lourdes with less people.

We arrived yesterday, and already this night our bikes where on the road until Saint Joachim via the voie royal.

Yipeeee first day of vacation !

After a good drive with our bikes in the back of the car from new york to montreal, we arrived in this hotel near the vieux port.

A good advice : dont go to this hotel (travelodge at montreal) … simply dont !

We pay $109/day for a shoe box good enough for one (we are two), the bathroom is not working (the toilet is simply plugged !) to finish in beauty, the AC stop at 76F (24C) making the night difficult. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

So Montreal is a great city but it’s a bad start … at least we found a charming place at Beaupré (near Quebec) for saterday !

Update: Ok, once they understood that everything was not working, they gave us a new room (in front of previous one), curiously much more cleaner and this time with no problem ! at last !

I found the time to publish my old pictures of Sicily I made in 1992 all around the island.

Lots of pictures of monuments like church or roman/greek ruins, but also mummies (! yes !).

Oki time to go to Quebec city

This beautiful city full of street theaters and music and hot wines !

This time the weather is particularly cooooooold ! less than 0F !!! So good coat, pull, gloves and boots !

See you for the beginning of year