Where RV? - July 2

Today, the plan was to get to Montreal at a reasonable hour and have a chance to look around the city.  But, as best laid plans go it didn’t get followed.  Arjun was really hoping to see the Cat Sanctuary at the Parliament Hill.  He had overheard someone talking of it during the tour and wanted desperately to see it.  Really, the joy of having very loose plans is they are flexible.  So, we packed up as much as we could and drove back to downtown.  We couldn’t take the trailer cause of parking restrictions but campgrounds are usually pretty good about things like this.  We drove in, found parking close by (no street closures thank goodness), and walked back to the Hill.  We found the Cat Sanctuary but, alas, there were no cats to be seen.  At least we got here.  Again, how many times will we be back when the kids want to do something like this?  We had no plane to catch, we were on our own schedule so it was fine.  We finally got hitched up and left the campsite around noon and headed to the Science and Technology Museum.  Before we left Edmonton, we got memberships for the Telus World of Science because they have agreements with so many other centres in North America that let you in for free.  It was great getting in for free to the Museum.  It was a fun little place to go and see.  I think one of the neatest exhibits was the Crazy Kitchen – I walked in and because it appears tilted your mind and ears don’t agree so you feel sick to your stomach.  What a bizarre experience.   Outside the Museum were some neat little things in their innovation park – a lighthouse, a windmill, train and a rocket ship!

Finally, we were off to Montreal....  We made it near the city OK but then when it came time to finding the campsite our GPS took us goodness knows where.  We ended up on the far side of the city, nowhere close to where we should have been.  Again, and I may have mentioned this once or twice, the people in campgrounds are usually fantastic and this was no different.  Tom answered our call, not once, not twice but four times to get us to the campground safe and sound.  He directed me in past construction zones and after an hour and half of being lost we arrived!  The first thing the kids did was hop in the pool.  I guess it had been as trying a day for them as it had for me.  May as well relax, it’s not like they are getting to do much of that while we are on the road!