Our RV Adventures

This morning started early, at least for me, when we left the rig about 8:15 heading up to Clear Lake to Jimmy’s Egg for breakfast with our daughter Brandi, her husband Lowell’s parents, Lendell and Sonja, and of course Master Landon. But we got a pleasant surprise when our son Chris and his wife Linda showed up too.

This is Sonja and Lendell’s last day here before they head back to Oklahoma tomorrow, so they’re getting in all the Landon time they can/

But somehow Landon manages to sleep thru it all.

Getting back to the rig a little before 11, Jan and I took our walk and then we both puttered around the coach for a while, taking care of some things.

Then about 1 pm a nap seemed in order, especially since I got up so early, as I said, at least for me, so I napped.

About 3 pm we drove up to Kemah so Jan could get her hair cut, and then afterwards we drove down to Dickinson to have ‘lupper’ at Monterey’s Little Mexico.

I had my usual Chicken Tortilla Soup and Jan had the Chicken Ixtapa, which is a grilled chicken breast with sautéed vegetables and charro beans.

We got back to the rig just in time for another beautiful sunset over Dickinson Bayou. It doesn’t get much better than this.

That’s about it for today. Thought you might want to check out our visit to Quebec, Canada last year.

Quebec

Posted on September 18, 2009

Today was our day to see the city of Quebec.

We started out with breakfast at our new favorite breakfast/lunch place, Cora.  Hopefully these will show up in the US soon.

We drove around Quebec, finally ending up in Vieux Quebec, or Old Quebec where we found a Tourist Information Center.

We found that there was going to be a 2 hour bus tour at 2:30 pm and signed up for it.  Luckily for us, today was the last day for this tour, and, even luckier, it was all in English.

We’ve noticed a lot of touristy things are starting to shut down, or reduce their hours, due to winter coming on, and the tourist trade is dropping off.

We had some time to kill before the tour started so we drove to a Glass Shop on St. Jean street that Jan wanted to visit.

Finally we headed back to rendezvous with our tour bus.  Our driver, a Quebec City native named Francois, spoke very good English, luckily for us. But Jan said he sounded like Inspector Clouseau of Pink Panther fame.

Our tour gave us a look at the major sites in Quebec, in both the old and new sections.

Here is the Simons fountain in front of the Provincial Capitol of Quebec.

Here is the view from the Plains of Abraham battlefield site overlooking the St. Lawrence river.

The battle of Plains of Abraham, also known as the Battle of Quebec, took place during the French and Indian War in September 1759, and the British victory over the French led to France relinguishing all claims to Canada.

Here’s Jan with another view from the battlefield.

And here is the Chateau Frontenac Hotel, one of the most magnificent sites in Quebec.  Built in 1893, the Frontenac is one of the premiere hotels in North America.

Here’s one of the many pedestrian-only streets in Vieux (Old) Quebec.

This church, the L Eglise Notre Dame Des Victoires (The Church of Our Lady of Victories) , is the oldest stone church in North America.

Another view.

And this building, built in 1675, is the oldest one in Quebec City.

After our tour was over, we drove over to Tomas Tam’s, a Chinese buffet restaurant we’d seen advertised.  And it was very good.

On our way back to the rig, we drove pass everyone’s favorite chicken place, PFK.

PFK???

Leave it to Quebec to put their own stamp on things.

PFK in French stands for ‘Poulet Frit Kentucky’, or Kentucky Fried Chicken to us.

Getting back to the rig, we got ready to head out early tomorrow on a long travel day.

More then…

Thought for the Day:
Be polite and respectful to everyone you meet, but always have a plan to kill them if it becomes necessary.

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Today was our grandson Landon’s baptism, so about 9:30 we headed up to Katy TX out I-10 west of Houston to Crosspoint Lutheran Church where Brandi and Lowell attend.

Sonja and Lendell, Lowell’s parents, came down from Oklahoma on Saturday so they were here too.

Here’s the proud GrandMa’s with Landon.

And here’s our granddaughter Piper holding her cousin.

The baptism was held outside in a heated pool, luckily for them, since it’s been going down into the low 40’s here at night, and I imagine it would be pretty frosty in there otherwise.

Brandi, Lowell, Piper, and Brandi’s BFF Shawna were all involved in the ceremony.

There was one other baby baptized at the same time, and then afterwards, we all went inside the sanctuary to attend the church service.

This church, like many others, is very high tech, with multiple large video screens and a great sound system. Before she got pregnant Brandi used to run the sound system at many of the services.

And that sound system is needed because instead of just a plain organ, they have an 8 piece band. The words of the hymns are projected on the screens, along with words of Scripture used during the service.

After the service was over we all headed down the block to a nearby Spring Creek BBQ where we had a great lunch.

Jan asked Shawna if after holding Landon, it made her want to have another child. Shawna, who already has two, laughed and said No, she just likes to hold the babies and then hand them back.

We had a great time and it was good to see Shawna and her family again.

Tomorrow we’re having breakfast at Jimmy’s Egg with Brandi, Sonja, and Lendell.

More then…

Thought for the Day:
…"If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?". – Abraham Lincoln

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