Day 7 Aug 10 2014 Quebec City

Day 7  Aug 10 2014     Quebec City

Today we went to “Park de la chute – Montmorency” in Quebec.  David and I walked down to the bottom of the falls, there are 487 steps.  Evy had a bit of an issue going across the bridges so decided not to try the stairs as she did not want to experience a panic attack somewhere in the middle.  After the falls we went for a walk in Old Quebec and walked around the Citadel.  Evy did the first laundry of the trip while I went swimming with the kids.

Day 6 Aug 9 2014 Quebec City

Day 6   Aug 9 2014      Quebec City

The day started with the kids doing home work.  We drove from Ottawa to what I think is the province of Quebec, I could not be sure as all the signs are in french.  We are staying at the KOA with the  highlight of the day being swimming with the kids

Day 5 Aug 8 2014 Ottawa

getting ready to launch!

Day 5   Aug 8 2014      Ottawa

Today we went to the Museum of Technology.  It is a museum that is geared toward kids but still interesting for the adults.  We had a picnic lunch at the museum and the kids launched some water rockets with Isabel’s going the highest.  On the way back to the camper we stopped at  Costco and tried to get the propane tank filled only to find out that it was out of date in Dec 2012.  The dealer installed an old expired tank on our camper when we bought it in 2013.   When we were there we bought a couple of down travel jackets for the kids, they even came with some little bags to pack them.  We had a fabulous pizza from Costco for supper and only spent  around $150 instead of the customary $400 or more.  After supper David and Evy went on a “Haunted Walk” and Isabel and I chilled by the pool. 

Day 4 Aug 7 2014

panoramic of  Parliament Hill

Canada's Parliament 

Inside the Museum of Nature in Ottawa

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa

Day 4   Aug 7   2014

Went to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Museum of Nature in Ottawa.  We then took a guided tour of Parliament.  The kids were bored out of their minds.  The highlight of the day for them was eating beaver tails at the Byward Market.  To make the day even worse for David we found the section in his study guide on the Canadian Government and made him do a few pages.   

Day 3 Aug 6 2014

entrance to Upper Canada Village

checking out the old steam engine 

kid power, better than horses!

a pond at the village

camouflaged entrance to the campground in Ottawa

Day 3   Aug 6 2014

Spent around 4 ½ hours at Upper Canada Village,  it is a very well done look at life from the 1800’s.  Drove to Rideau Heights Campground in Ottawa, it is a well disguised campground with no obvious entrance.  

Day 2 Aug 5 2014

Obviously

Fort Henry

view from the fort wall

one of the interior passages

   
                         

a water punishment device used to replace the strap in the Canadian Penitential system 

Day 2   Aug 5 2014

Woke up at 8:05 am, left camper at 9:30 am.. Went to Fort Henry and had a tour guide explain life in the Fort.  We then had lunch at Subway and toured the farmers market and down town Kingston.  Went to the Kingston Prison Museum which was kind of cool.

Day 1 Aug 4 2014

Filling up a low tire in the Best Buy parking lot

First  school work of the trip

enjoying a home schooling moment (let's see how long it lasts)

Day 1   Aug 4 2014

Left Kincardine at 10:30 AM.  Drove to Kingston Ontario and stayed at Rideau Acres Campground.  Bought Olympus TG3 camera when passing through Cambridge.  Noticed a low tire on the back right side and spent 15 minutes blowing it up in the parking lot.  Had the kids do some math and a journal entry, the year of home schooling has started.