Our Warm Showers hosts were at Marieville 45Ks East of Montreal, a good distance for our first days ride. However, by the time we arrived at their place we had 77Ks on our speedo and feeling quite exhausted. We were met about 15 ks out from Marieville by Michelle, our host and three of her nine children. What an amazing family. They live in a big rambling unfinished house of grand design.
Wooden tiled floor with occasional mosaics designed by Michelle, drawn and cut out in various timbers representing each of her children . In the work in progress main bedroom upstairs where we slept , a round mosaic with seed pods from differnt parts of the world, inclucing some Bunya Nuts from Queensland, had just been routed out and put into the floor the very day we arrived.
A real farmstyle meal with a whole chicken in the big casserole pot, a big bowl of potatoes and salad, the large table surrounded with six of the nine children , Michelle, Pierre, Val and I everyone spoke very good english and we had a livel y and enjoyable meal.
Michelle, her husband Pierre – French born – are a real pair of adventurers, just before her first son was born, they did a 3 month horse ride up the west coast of USA, then not long ago took the whole 9 kids on a Trans Canada cycle trek, Michelle making a film which she will be taking around schools in Canada, to demonstrate how families can have fun, helping each other and making the most of the great outdoors
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