7/6/10: The Rush Clan got up bright and early to head out to Montreal. At a rest stop we met some people who said they were on “River Time” since they were vacationing in the Thousand Islands area along the St. Lawrence River. We briefly considered stopping there after the folks claimed a cruise around the islands would be so much more wonderful than visiting Montreal. I kind of wish we had taken their advice.
Once again we found that that area of Canada is relatively barren. I like lots of big green trees and water. Um. Not much of those along our travel path. And then we got to the city. It was kind of like a rundown Houston: sprawling, brown, kind of boring. The roads and bridges were verging on scary, actually. We made it to Mont Real (I LOVE our GPS) and hiked around a bit, enjoying the park (which was really nice) and the animals (chipmunks and squirrels). The view from the chalet was pretty impressive so we took a bunch of pictures and headed back to the car. Of course the traffic out of the city was horrendous, but at least we were on the way to Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park.
Hours of travel through gorgeous mountains got us to Bangor where we stopped for the night. (the beauty was kind of wasted since most of our driving was after sunset)
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