We have reached the 600 mile mark on our travels.  We started this adventure on May 23, 2012.  This trip has been a wonderful experience and we are blessed to be able to do it.

It's mostly overcast today with intermittent sun and spits of rain, but the temperature is mild and pleasant.  We walked into town to Rue St. Pierre where there is a lovely grocery store, Marche Richelieu.  It is immaculately clean, well-stocked, a friendly helpful staff, and the prices are reasonable.  I bought blueberries from Hammonton, NJ -- and they were the same price I paid for them when I bought them in NJ 6 weeks ago.  We love the crusty French bread and today I chose  pumpernickel and some nice ham for sandwiches.  I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the meat case advertising $23, $19 and $15 for cold cuts.  Then I realized meat and cheese are sold in  kilos.  What a relief!

On our way back home, Ralph found a little breakfast place and popped in for a cup of coffee which he enjoyed, except for the price -- $2 -- he is used to paying 74 cents for a sr. coffee at the Cape Coral McDonald's.  

Most of the festivities for St. Jean Baptiste are over now -- it rained a good bit last evening and overnight and the music ended around 10 PM.  We heard distant fireworks but they weren't very loud and Striper didn't flinch -- and we didn't see any.

Here are pictures I was unable to post yesterday:

St Lambert Lock on the St. Lawrence Seaway

 our first commercial lock

Cote St. Catherine Lock our second commercial lock on the St. Lawrence Seaway

The Algoray -- all 225 meters X 24 meters exiting

 St. Catherine lock

Simon on Sedna -- returning from a single-handed voyage around the world.  He's been gone 3-1/2 years and will return to Gatineau

9 boats,including ours rafted in the Cote St. Catherine lock - St. Lawrence Seaway -- we were between Sedna, a sailboat and Blue Diamond, a Sea Ray -- only the boats on the wall hang on with the lines dropped down by the lockmaster.