What I Did on My Summer Vacation (part 1)

August 6, 2012

Last week we visited Quebec...specifically Montreal, Trois Rivieres, and Mont Tremblant.

It was a week packed with adventure.  Starting with the ride from the airport to the first hotel.  We got lost.  We figured it out and after a quick dinner and poor night's sleep...really can 4 people ever sleep well in one room?....we headed to Mont Tremblant.  This is a ski village about an hour northwest of Montreal.  My description of Tremblant is Ahhh.  We were in a two bedroom (much better) condo on a golf course about 10 minutes from the lake and village which are both full of activities.
The boys golfed twice.  Grace and I spent one long, relaxing day at "the beach & tennis" (sounds so fancy).  We did a LOT of activities the 4 days we were there.
We took the gondola up to the top of the mountain.

Doesn't the back ground look fake? It's not.

That's Lac Tremblant down there

 We went on a luge ride.  Grace was the slowest driver EVER!  I think Emmie could have walked down the hill faster than Grace got going.  

This is the ski lift to the top of the luge ride.  There is a special luge contraption attached to the seat.  It was pretty cool.

Possible Christmas Card photo op

 This is our view from the patio of our condo. It reminded me of being on Lopez Island.  We were right on the fairway of the 10th or 11th hole.  If only the boys had their own clubs instead of rentals, they would have been out there every evening.  Except it stayed light so late there were golfers playing until after 6 pm.

The inside view of our condo.  Lots of Olympic watching during our down time.  We can tell you all the Canadian medal winners.  The TV coverage tended to favor the Canadian athletes for obvious reasons.

The patio.  Tommy trying to avoid the mom paparazzi

We spent a lot of time at the wonderful Beach & Tennis Club.  It is just a few minutes from the Village (about 10 minutes from out condo).

That's the Village in the background.  You can see the ski trails

Beach & Tennis to the right and Village in far background.

 Grace & I paddle boarded one day, and then the whole family did it a second day.

 There was this big "iceberg" in the lake.  The kids loved climbing up and jumping in.

 We took a boat cruise around the lake one evening and just missed a rain storm that lasted all of 10 minutes.

Another Christmas card possibility.  

 The boys went golfing twice.  Of course they took NO photos.

 And the second day they golfed, Grace & I walked all around the Village. And ate...

This is Grace's main food source this trip...fish & chips. HUGE fish & chips. 

 And ate...this is a "Beaver Tail" which is basically a huge churro (for us Arizonans).

 And went around the pond on a paddle boat...

 Day two at Beach & Tennis and paddle boarding again.  This is my new favorite hobby.  Now I just need to move to a lake.

Last day at the Village.
Tommy in a gondola...included only because he is so darn handsome and I had to brag.

 Rock climbing (Grace)

 Mugging for photos.

 We did the Adventure Course...and what an adventure it was!  It is a ropes and zip line course.  It took over 2 hours.  We were so high up in those trees it was terrifying to look down at times.  But a lot of fun and a good work out!

That's me looking up at Tommy

Our last evening at the Lake....

Coming up...Trois Rivieres and Montreal.