N and I are off on a road trip to Quebec with my brothers from the prairies.  I only note their place of residence because at every turn they are trying to tell us that Saskatchewan is better (than everything and everywhere). 

I got them up at what they called an "ungodly" hour (7AM) and forced their cranky asses into the car by shortly after 8AM.  We stopped for breakfast in Pickering at the Golden Griddle - a tradition we started last year en route to Ottawa for Canada Day.  This brought forth the first moment of hilarity of the trip.  You see, my baby brother Joseph, ordered bacon and french toast with a side order of bacon strips.  I'd explain why this was hilarious but I'm not sure this blog should delve into potty humour.  Again though, he quite seriously asked the server for a side order of "bacon strips" and Tim and I were beside ourselves in laughter.

After breakfast, we were back on the road.  We made good time until we got to the Quebec border.

After we were in Quebec, we hit construction everywhere.  Our progress slowed dramatically.  Then, we hit rush hour traffic driving through Montreal.  We were in Montreal around 3PM and we got to Quebec City at 8:30PM and it is only a 2.5 hour trip normally.  Painfully slow.

Once settled into our hotel (the fantastically new Four Points by Sheraton in Levis) we ventured out to find out where the ferry station was.  We chose to stay in Levis, QC which is on the south shore of the St. Lawrence and directly across from the Old Town of Quebec City.  The views across the river of a lit-up Quebec City were beautiful.  My grainy night pictures do not do it justice.

Afterward, we found this great poutine shack.  Yum.

A good first day.  Now if only the sun would come out.  We are in QC for 4 days and it is supposed to rain everyday.  Seriously dampens my spirits!  

I've started a set of QC pics on flickr that I will try to update everyday.  The link is here.