Day 8 – Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Since we are up before 7 am and need to be quiet, we walk to WiFi station (which is outdoors.)  Again this morning I am sitting with a man from Sutton, QC. He knows Louise Penny, the author, as she also lives there. His wife is friends with Penny, in the flesh whereas I am her friend on Facebook.  This man & wife run a B&B called “Vert le Mont.”  He is originally from Pennsylvania and lived in Vermont for a while before moving to Quebec.

And I have to get on the move.  To the campsite, for breakfast and tea, and then we need to get our 20 km in, which will bring us back to here, on foot.  Tata for now!

We are back.  It was a long day.  We have done 21 + kms before but not 17 kms along the highway.  We stopped at least four times which extends the start and finish time.

We had an early lunch at Hero’s Welcome, around 10:30 am.  Fresh-made sandwiches on fresh-baked buns with fun names. (details later.)  We crossed the street and sat at white picnic  tables with view to the lake.  Pauline and Dean controlled themselves and only had the first half of the sandwiches; I almost controlled myself_stopped after a couple of bites of the second half.  We ate the other half around 1 pm.  I must admit it is easier to walk when we have Dean’s back packer bars.  We hope to still have some of those when we are in the mountains or somewhere isolated.

Our other stops were at two artisan stores.  Pauline bought a pin for herself and I bought one for Dean.  We bought a few more things. 

We crossed a bridge today, the one that takes us onto Grand Isle.  We were confused yesterday.  Even though it is a draw bridge, it was an uneventful crossing compared to my fishing opportunity yesterday.  I did notice a tractor in the water at the cove!  A boat came in and floated onto a boat trailer attached to the tractor.  Mystery solved!

Like yesterday, I abandoned by back pack about seven kms before the end as my back was getting tired. It provided some relief for a while.  We came to the second studio. The owners have 15 angora goats and they had lovely things made of mohair which we managed to resist.  Dean came away with a photo of a small horse made of driftwood.

We were happy for the last three kms on East Shore South Rd.  Pauline and I stopped at the Forest Fire Ranger’s vegetable stand. We picked two fresh cobs of corn and left a dollar.

Wonder if the natives that were part of the raid had dry corn with them?

We were happy that we only had to drive around the corner today as our walk ended at Grand Isle. Tonight it is going to rain.  So Dean wanted to take the screen tent down.  We helped him move the picnic table out of the screen tent, then headed to the showers for some muscle-relaxing warm water.  It costs two quarters to take a 5-minute shower.  I started a new tradition yesterday by taking some clothes, like dirty socks, into the shower with me.  Got to get our money’s worth.  The hot water runs out but I continue with my laundry standing off to the side. (No photos available.)

We now have 138 kms completed.

Additions Oct 24, 2014

Native Doll resting on crocheted square which was part of a cover for a mailbox.