Quebec and the Ontario Long Haul
Cold War Ottawa Deep underground - Diefenbunker After leaving NB we had two one night stays in Quebec. The first at Rivière du Loop, east of Quebec City, and another on the outskirts of Montréal. Rivière du Loop The first had lovely views over a bay on the St Lawrence River and the second, a KOA campground had washrooms befitting a five star hotel. Thursday was the beginning of a three-day stay, close to Ottawa at Thompson's Black Rock Campground, close to Carleton Place where some good Coast friends have their main home. Thompson's is a large farm and producer of Maple Syrup. A walk through their woodland trails is like navigating a spiders web of small, medium and large sap-gathering lines that flow from the taps in ever-increasing size to storage tanks that hold the raw sap in the Spring before it is boiled down to produce the prized syrup. The campsite was in a woodland setting on the side of a lake. It was a bit of a challenge...
