Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Parsi Worship Ceremony


We stopped at a town called Chapeau this morning on Allumette island.
It's a mainly English speaking community in eastern Quebec reliant on
beef farming and tourism. When addressing a local resident for
directions in French I was ignored but once I switched to English we were pointed
the right way. Our trip may be demonstrating a natural east-west
development for Canada but so far one cannot disprove the 2 solitudes....
We used the internet quickly and stopped by the local bakery for some
great cinnamon buns and the Canadian icon of butter tarts. Later in the
day we were caught in the widest section of Lake Coulange during a
torrential downpour. We pulled up on an island and after standing and
waiting for the rain to stop we decided to set up the tent to keep dry
and warm. Ben is not praying to a Parsi god but trying to dry the
inside of the tent.
We had some time to look at our rough map and are estimating arriving in
Aylmer between 5-5:30pm and on the water at the museum of civilization
between 7-7:30pm on Friday September 14. There are a few significant
portages before Ottawa so plans are yet flexible.

1 comment:

MuktaaShourya said...

Everything sounds so exciting. When on such a journey away from civilization what are the few things that you miss? Or do you miss anything at all. Or is the experience so beautiful and exciting that you miss nothing at all except for the bathrooms.....ha

"The Route" Then and Now

"The Route" Then and Now
A section of a map of the fur trade route followed by Rene Menard in the late 1600's. The "Journey of Citizenship" started in Sault Ste Marie on August 24/07 and has a planned completion date of September 12/07 in Ottawa.

.....and the journey has begun

.....and the journey has begun
Ben demonstrates a potential new Olympic sport....Canooling

Photos from the start of the journey

Photos from the start of the journey
last minute preparations

As well-wishers cheered, off they went.