Montreal, Quebec, Canada

On Wednesday, July 3, we drove to Montreal, Canada. We were in line at the Canadian border crossing for over an hour. The border patrol people are spending quite a bit of time "chatting" with everyone coming into the country. Although a bit inconvenient, it was nice to know they are being thorough and checking everybody out.

It was definitely drier in Montreal than it was in Vermont and we lucked out when Pete found a very nice campground for us. We had a brick patio, table with a glass tabletop and four chairs, a two-person porch swing and a nice stone fireplace. Each site was landscaped with plants and shade trees. There were many seasonal sites that people had taken a lot of time and effort to landscape, add screen houses, planters, etc.

La Cle des Champs RV Resort

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On Thursday, July 4, we visited the Montreal Botanical Gardens and were in awe of their Mosaicultures Internationales 2013 exhibit. (http://calendrier.espacepourlavie.ca/mosaicultures-internationalesr-en) Horticulturist-artists from 25 countries created 50 larger than life sculptures with live plants. I was like a little kid, eager to find the next sculpture, as we made our way through the gardens and found one after the other of these spectacular works of art. Unfortunately, it was really hazy and overcast for most of the day and my pictures don’t capture the true colors of these massive wonders. Click on any of the images for a larger view.

 

The Bird Tree

 

 Mother Earth

The Man Who Planted Trees

 

 

 

Next stop...Ottawa, Ontario, Canada