Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Enjoying ourselves at St-Alphonse-Rodriguez, Quebec

We met Suzanne at Big Bend NP in Texas and she invited us to visit in Quebec.  She lives in a wonderful house overlooking a lake and bush setting at this village about an hour and a bit north of Montreal.


No single photograph can fully capture the view from her house.  This is the best I can do.







The terrace at the side where we sit and eat gazing at the panorama around us.  Another little cozy sitting place is along further on.








I just can't get enough of the view.


Our hostess with Andrew.  Suzanne has spent time teaching both French and English to Inuits, later taught in Thailand and then also in China. She has also bicycled for three weeks around in Laos.  And she has been to Australia, and no less, in Canberra which she liked very much - a woman of taste obviously.  She is a very well travelled lady with a truly adventurous spirit.  She owns an RV a little bigger than ours and plans to go to New Mexico next winter.


Inside the airy spacious house.  Suzanne has only been here over a year and she has completely  redesigned the inside.








In the pool - which was freezing.







And a dip in the lake which was quite a bit warmer than the pool.  This in spite of the fact that Suzanne told us the ice only melted in May this year.  The lake freezes over here as it does in Maine.


I could not resist taking this photo of lakeside relaxation.


We were taken out in Jean-Pierre's, Suzanne's brother's boat.  He and his wife Liane live on the shores of another nearby lake.  The weather was perfect.  In fact, it has been while we have been staying with Suzanne.  I don't know how it is that we are lucky enough to meet people in our travels who live near a lake and own boats?

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