Baie-du-Febvre

Well, life is interesting! We closed the door to la Maison Hosanna (6:05 am) & guess what? M. Kawasaki came quickly right up to us to bid us « bonne route »! And leave us with a card so that if one of us wants, we can keep in touch via Facebook. Such a friendly guy! Then off he roared to turn around & get to work himself. We laughed over that for the first half-hour of walking because I said to the group as he came up « Est-ce-que c’est Monsieur Kawasaki qui nous approche? And don’t you know—it was!!!
Just the most gorgeous morning under bright sunshine—the sunrise colors were spectaculaire!
Very quiet/paisible with SO much birdsong….there s was a morning dove who followed us a long way with her gentle cooing….I love that sound-it always reminds me of CA where we had lots of them.
In the quiet we walked along admiring the beauty of the countryside & taking photos whenever we wanted. We were walking along the St Francois river for a long way.
The sun was shining & that made it hotter so I made slow progress in the afternoon…I concentrated on my spiritual intentions for this walk & I sang songs—which really helped!
As I was passing a bright blue house close to the road on this glorious afternoon, a man observing me, with the window open called out « Que Dieu vous bénisse! » What a loving thing to say! It really meant something to me at that moment.
We continued quite a bit longer ….I caught up with Carla when she stopped under a tree for a snack. I had stopped earlier myself under a magnificent tree—they are so large and lush here that their shade feels luxurious. Slowly it was starting to cloud over after a sunny day.
We continued into the village….just as we were entering, we found Gordon on his back in some shade—taking a relax break after eating his lunch.
At the end of the village we came to a large century old house where we were staying for the nite. I was very glad to have arrived.
Our landlady is a regular typhoon of activity & boy! Does she love to talk! Her name is Madame Claire & she is very warm, but I was pretty tired & after a coupla hours of listening, I couldn’t listen anymore. Good practice for my French, tho! 😊Weiterlesen