Chutes Montmorency; Ile d'Orlean

We woke up today and had breakfast at Tutti Frutti. It was ok, but we did have a few issues with respect to peanut allergies.

Our goal this morning was to visit the Montmorency Falls. I remember seeing them when I was a kid but I didn't remember how spectacular they were. He're a blurb from wikipedia.

The Montmorency Falls (French: Chute Montmorency) are a large waterfall on the Montmorency River in Quebec, Canada.[1] The falls are located on the boundary between the borough of Beauport, Quebec City, and Boischatel, about 12 km from the heart of old Quebec City. The area surrounding the falls is protected within the Montmorency Falls Park (French: Parc de la Chute-Montmorency).
The falls, at 84 meters (275 ft) high, (and 150 feet wide) are the highest in the province of Quebec and 30 m (98 ft) higher than Niagara Falls. The basin at the foot of the falls is 17 m (56 ft) deep. The falls are at the mouth of the Montmorency River where it drops over the cliff shore into the Saint Lawrence River, opposite the western end of the Île d'Orleans. The falls were given this name in 1613 by Samuel de Champlain. He named them in honour of Henri II, duc de Montmorency, who served as viceroy of New France from 1620 until 1625.

Words cannot describe how beautiful it was. Even pictures cannot show how steep the walks were. Real cool. No problems with the kids or Suzanne either.

Almost at the top. The picture that made me realize that 187lbs is too much!

View of the Seaway

Top of the falls, from the suspended bridge

We've crossed the suspended bridge

Going down the steps

It's hard to appreciate how high and steep this is.

We stopped at some the halts to take a few breaks between our trek down.

After a wet stop at the bottom of the falls, we went back up to our car in an aerial tram.

From the waterfalls we had some Subway. It was the best meal we've had since the trip began.

Then it was time to drive to l'Ile d'Orlean. Thank you iPhone and Maps for getting us there easily. We drove around the island, visited the tower at the Eastern point, and stopped at two wineries.

Sabrina and I

It was less scary to be 300 feet up at the Falls then it was 50 feet on that tower.

It's a beautiful place to see. We bought some strawberries and some wine.

When we came back to Quebec we ate at St-Hubert. Then it was time to go to sleep.