Today we awoke to an overcast day with occasional showers. A good day to drive! We headed east along the Trans-Canada Highway. We realized that we have driven it at least a short distance in all of the provinces we have visited. Mostly it was mixed forest with pretty lakes beside the road-lots of them. No towns for a long stretch, maybe for a couple of hundred miles. We passed through a construction zone where there were more cones than I have ever seen- every one in Canada was on loan to that project, I'm sure. In some places they were three lines deep,
and in others they seemed to stretch on forever.
Actually, they went for a distance of over six miles. Just so you don't think that we have been out of touch with civilization totally, I did find a few things to show you. In Larder Lake, a tiny town near where we started the day, this big fish was guarding an intersection.
In Val-D'Or, I found this pretty steeple on a Catholic church,
and also a nice Russian Orthodox church, the first since the Alaska/Yukon area.
And, never think that because French is an old language, it isn't keeping up with the changing times. In this township the sanitary landfill or dump is called the Enviropark, and has a fancy sign. Lastly, I mentioned yesterday that we were camped in the village of Swastika and that I'd look for a sign or statue. This was the only sign I could find. Nothing fancy, sorry!
We are camped in Ste. Veronique, a part of the township of Riviere Rouge. They are having a rally of Volkswagon campers here at the Park, so Dog, this photo is for you.
Some very cool VW busses here- we looked for you but didn't see you! Some of them have solar panels on the pop top.
I spoke with the husband of this nice lady
who said that he almost never plugs his van in, his solar panel does it all.
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