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Published: July 12th 2011
Vieux Quebec
Typical buildings in the Old City. These face the Citadelle.In spite of the forecast calling for rain today, we decided to head down the St. Lawrence to the beautiful Chute Montmorency. Chute is French for fall (think: parachute), and these falls are higher than Niagara (the Quebecois won't let you not notice that...) but not as wide. The falls are on the Montmorency River, probably about a mile before it flows into the St. Lawrence. It is a lovely waterfall, and we climbed the stairs to the top, walked across the bridge that spans the top of the fall, and had a nice lunch at the Manoir Montmorency. I think our collective opinion was that while this waterfall was quite huge, it wasn't nearly as impressive as some we've seen in Yosemite. It was definitely worth visiting, and the mist at the bottom was so refreshing, especially after we'd climbed up and then back down all those stairs.
We found a great park on the way back, Domaine Maizerets, but Dan didn't have much luck finding geocaches there. There was a great playground, though, and after we got drenched in a rainstorm, we found and successfully navigated the Labyrinthe de Cèdres. This maze is very Harry-Potter-and-the-Goblet-of-Fire, but without the
Our street
Our house is on the left, a few houses down. Triwizard Cup portkey and ensuing mayhem.... This is Canada, eh, so things are very low-key.
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Tim Stotler
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Lookin' like a tourist
Love the Wildcat shirt. You fly the colors proudly. The goatee makes you look like less of a tourist than you really are.