BON JOUR FROM MONTREAL

Well after over a week without a Starbucks, we finally saw one near a truck stop in Milton, Ontario. Of course we had to stop, park the truck, and walk about a half mile to the Starbucks. The truck stop had a chain link fence completely surrounding it, and although we had thoughts of trying to jump it to get our coffee sooner, we opted for the exercise of walking. Boy, were we happy campers.

We passed by Kitchener, Ontario where Craig's ancestors originated from. In fact as we were going down the highway we saw an exit for "SHANTZ HILL RD". I wasn't fast enough with the camera to take a picture, but I do have proof.

On the way we caught a few glimpses of Lake Ontario. If you squint real hard you can actually see it in the picture.

We made it to what Canada calls a Service Oasis in Dundas, Ontario for our overnight stop. After a dinner of PB&J we settled in for some French speaking television.

Up early for our arrival into Montreal we were greeted with another nice sunrise. c)

As we crossed into the Providence of Quebec, instantaneously all road signs are French. Even the CB talk on the radio was in French. As we entered into the heart of the city you could tell it had been around for awhile and had plenty of stories to tell.

I have to say the best part of the day was after we unloaded the Genie and made our way to a very remote truck stop, if you can even call it that, about 15 miles outside of town. Just a couple of fuel pumps and a restaurant. Immediately upon entering the restaurant, all you heard was French, and the specials of the day written all around the walls were in French. We sat ourselves down and tried to act like we knew what we were ordering after looking at an all French menu. Craig went with a western omelet which he was able to decipher from the menu and I went out on a limb and had crepes.

It really was a fantastic meal and we very much enjoyed the atmosphere. We waited around for our next assignment and was told we needed to be in Cumberland, Maryland on Monday morning to pick up some boats and head to Kent, Washington.

We are planning on putting our folding bicycles to work in the morning by exploring the city by the Flying J Truck Stop we are staying at, Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec. I'll let you know how it goes on our next update.