Maritimes - Day 30

The drive back home is not as much fun as the drive out here.  On the way out there was the anticipation of all the fun stuff we were going to see and do.  Now I just want to get home, and everything standing in the way of that seems a bit of an annoyance.

We left New Brunswick early and drove through some light rain into Quebec.  Around Quebec City the traffic really started to pick up, and we were planning on driving into the city to see a waterfall that Sandra wanted to get to, but which required a car, as on our previous two trips to Quebec City, we didn't have a vehicle.

Unfortunately, the trip into the city was pretty stressful, as their is only one bridge across the river, it was under construction, and traffic was stopped along it, which is always stressful, as you never know if you are in the right lane or not.  After a long drive through the city, we arrived at the parking lot for the falls, which was backed up out onto the street.  A worker directed us to a secondary parking spot up on some grass, where we stopped for lunch before going to see the falls.

I think we underestimated how many regular Quebec City folk visited the falls on a warm Sunday afternoon, as most of the people there seemed to be locals out for a picnic and a walk.  Once we walked around and oriented ourselves, we realized we were at the top of the falls, where you can't see very much and that there was also a big parking lot at the bottom of the falls, but that wasn't where we ended up.

After a bit of discussion, we headed to a giant staircase so that we could climb down and see the falls properly.  Only Sandra, myself and Bradley walked down the stairs - the other kids stayed in the park at the top, as it was 487 stairs.  The view of the falls was quite good, but I was extremely tired by the time we got back to the top.

Then we left to head to our hotel in a small town outside of Drummondville.  The drive was icky - the bridge was quite busy, traffic was stopped and hard to merge as we got back on the Trans-Canada outside Quebec City, and then the highway was absolutely packed with cars all the way from Quebec City to the hotel.  I was quite happy to finally stop.

Tomorrow, if we survive going around Montreal and through Ottawa, we will end our day in North Bay, finally leaving the populated parts of Canada behind.