When we left Calgary on December 27, 2006 at the front edge of a snowstorm, we had no idea that outrunning storms would become a new motif for us! It worked very nicely all across Canada, as each day we listened to the news and discovered that the place we had left the previous day was now having a major snowstorm. When we arrived in Morrisburg the grass was even greener than it had been in October. Of course that didn’t last long and suddenly winter arrived. How excited we were to bundle up and trudge to the post office…we even bought a new shovel and cleared Jill and Bob’s driveway too, cause ours is really short! What happy childhood memories it brought back! (Ain’t it amazing what a thrill it is to experience the power and force of a snowstorm after 3 years of insipid rain and fog?)
Well, here we are on the road again, heading from Quebec City to Gaspé this time, and guess what? We’re trying to outrun another storm! This one is forecast to be the biggest so far this winter in the Province of Quebec. We were going to do some more visiting in Quebec City this aft (and a little shopping at Simon’s) but we gave it all up for a speedy exit after our meeting with the Archbish and news of the storm, due tomorrow morning in Quebec City.
We found a motel in Mont Joli for the night, and tomorrow we’ll race for the finish line: our new abode in Rosebridge, which we expect to call “Home” for the next 3 years. The walkie talkies Peter bought (you guessed it: at CTC) are working fine and it’s a great distraction and comfort to be able to chat back and forth a bit as we drive along in two separate vehicles. It takes the pressure off of trying to read Peter’s mind when I suddenly see his signal light go on, or he makes a dive for the left lane when I anticipated an exit ramp to the right!
Now for a few zzzzz’s before we get back to storm running again tomorrow…J
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