New Horizon had a very peaceful night and in the morning continued to cruise up the river to Montebello. Unable to have a slip at the Le Château Montebello Nana and Nandad finally secured a dockage at the Municipal Marina Montebello. This marina is about a ten minute walk to the Manoir Papineau which was built by Louis-Joseph Papineau ( 1786-1871 ). It turns out that the Fairmont Le Chateau Montebello is a privately run hotel where you can only dock your boat if you stay overnight at the hotel - now this seems a little pointless when you can stay on your own boat! We had a wonderful private English tour of the Manor , walked the beautiful trail, had an amazing lunch at the Le Bistro Montebello, ice cream at the fabulous Chocomotive, with still plenty of time to wash down the boat , have a glass of wine with some nice cheese, pate, and hummus . Boy is life good - La Joie De Vivre.
An extra bonus , when Nandad went to apologize to our neighbors for the noise of the Genset they promptly showed him how the marina had just installed 50 amp! Now we were able to plug in and have a wonderful cool nights sleep. Bonne nuit.
This captures some of the history along the Rivière des Outaouais ( Ottawa River ). Tomorrow we will continue our cruise up the river. It really is the good life.
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