A couple of days in Kingsbury!

Just spent an awesome couple of days in Kingsbury.  We went canoeing in the marsh twice and even spent a night camping on the other side of the Marsh.  Hardly any mosquitoes. Just a few horse flies during the day in the sun.

Canoeing!!!!!!

Finally went canoeing today for the first time in 2015. Despite bringing my canoe to my camping trip to Mastigouche in late May, I never got to canoe.

 Was so happy to go canoeing today!  We went to the beaver dam on one side of the Marsh and then took a walk through a path in the marsh. There was a lot of mosquitoes along the trail. On the way back we saw 5 turkey vultures in a dead tree. Reminded me of Lucky Luke books.

It's SNOWING!!!!!

This was the view I had leaving my friends home in Kingsbury, this is driving down Frank at about 80kms.

I alway enjoy spending time in Kingsbury

Not only do I enjoy the company of my friends who live in Kingsbury and their pets but, I love how peaceful it is here. My house is reasonably quiet for a house on the island of Montreal, but with open windows in summer, I hear the traffic on Pierrefonds blvd, and the fire fighters.

Here it's peaceful. Though they live in the town, there are so few homes, you barely feel the other people, whereas where I live I always feel the other people, and after 4 days up the 401, I really did not want to feel people and their weird energies.

I'm feeling very contemplative this morning.  Dunno if it's because I went to sleep at 6:30 instead of waking up at 6:30 but it's changed my perspective somewhat.

Happy the trip in Toronto is over. Happy to have Monday off, so I can contemplate life more. See the good and flush the bad.

I was so burnt after the trip to AMD in Toronto. How I managed to drive myself  out of town... and it was a record short drive. Took me barely 2 hours despite fact I had gotten to sources when I realized I was wearing shoes and I wanted to wear winter boots. Good thing I did. It's been SNOWING WOOOOOT!!!!

So driving Saturday around lunch is a good time. I didn't get traffic around St Bruno on the 30, didn't get traffic going between the 30 & the 20, didn't get traffic on the Mercier, and didn't get traffic anywhere on the 20, which is amazing.  Also didn't go 90 for km's on the 20 in the left most lane, was able to do 118 most of the way and pass several police car with radars with no ill effects.

canoeing in the Kingsbury March - Part II

Photographer: Nina Haigh

We got back on land around dusk. We expected to see a lot of geese but they seemed to have moved on.

Canoeing in the Kingsbury marsh

So we spent from 2pm to 7pm exploring in the marsh.

We canoed in canals went to a beaver dam...fished some.

Felt nauseous most of the afternoon.  It went for a while but now it's back with a vengeance