Friday, November 29, 2024

Quebec Whales and Trails, Part 6: Jacques Cartier National Park

September 24th, 2023, was the last day of our group's Quebec journey with Natural Habitat Adventures. We drove from our hotel, the Manoir de Lac Delage, to the Jacques Cartier National Park.
Our first view of the Jacques Cartier River was impressive.
Within the park, most of our group, including Joan and me, wandered along the Cascades trail.
The bridge to that trail was visible from the lawn of the visitor center.
From the other side, we spotted the center and its lawn.
Many beguiling forms lined our way,
and mushroom aficionados were abundant, both singly and in organized groups. Jacques Cartier is especially popular due to its proximity to Quebec City.
This was a sign-up mushroom collecting group.
Further upstream was a beaten path to the river, where we could poke around.
Pause, and look at the sunlight and ripples.
Moisture is abundant, generating a myriad forms of green.
And mushrooms were recycling this wood.
We returned to the visitor center in time for a mushroom talk, using specimens collected today by the sign-up 'shroom group.
Then, it was time to return to our hotel, where Julia and Jackie hosted a lawn party,
with treats.
The next morning, we drove to the airport for Quebec City. Everything was straightforward for Joan and me -- a quick hop to Toronto, where we passed through customs and boarded an Air Canada puddle-jumper for the short flight to Columbus. It was such a small plane that I was forced to stoop while walking down the aisle, and my knees poked into the seatback in front of me.

And we waited. Everyone was on board, but nothing was happening. Then an announcement arrived: a "management issue" had arisen at our gate, and the managers sent to deal with it were delayed getting through security. They had to get from the Canadian side of the terminal to the US side, you see ...

Finally, we took off; our packed and marvelous Quebec Whales and Trails adventure was over.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Comments may not appear immediately as they are moderated by the author to eliminate spam.