I'm back! And in Newfoundland.

Sorry about the delay in posting something new. We've been driving a lot and been very busy. But we are in Newfoundland now. I will try and get you up to date.
I made a nice bouquet for the breakfast table and after a wonderful breakfast at our B and B (they are called gites in Quebec) we headed for Freeport Maine. When we left, our hostess came running out to the car with the balloon. She thought that we had forgotten them. Funny, how sometimes people don't realize that I make the balloons for them.

 

We drove through VERY rural Quebec following our GPS. Over a hill and around a corner in a village and much to our surprise, right in front of us were cement barricades and big signs saying that this is an international border. Big warnings that crossing here was illegal. But no border guards of surveillance cameras that we could see. We could not drive around the barriers but we could easily walk up a laneway for about 200 feet and cross over unencumbered.  But we chose to turn around and drive a couple of kilometers east to a proper border crossing. The border guard did not find our story very amusing, but did not give us any hassle about crossing legally.

For lunch and a break we stopped at this lovely park and waterfall. Of course, I had to climb to the top for a different viewpoint. Freeport is a quaint little town. But it revolves around the L.L. Bean store and outlet. There are several other outlet stores from major retailers here as well. Looks like they are riding on the coattails of L.L.Bean. We had a delicious seafood dinner at the L.L. Bean restaurant.

I was hoping to get a pair of L.L. Bean boots. I've heard that they are good quality and very warm in the winter. Unfortunately, they only had 20 XL.




After a strenuous day of shopping it's off to bed. Another big day of driving ahead of us tomorrow.