Day 12 Fortress of Louisbourg

Today was the first day that the signs of bus fever began to show. We sat our bags out at a decent hour and headed out for another plate breakfast. Afterwards we had a long leg in the bus to get to the Fortress of Louisbourg. Plus, it didn't help that it was raining, and lightening. Most of the bus seemed to sleep. We first visited the visitors center, where we all bought umbrellas and rain gear. Then we went into the fort itself, where we listened to the guide in a museum building. We saw a few of the buildings, and then went to eat. That in itself was an experience. The only utensil was a spoon, the napkins where tied around your neck and the menu was, shall we say, limited. Jean had Italian Macaroni (basically penne with some paprika and oil) while the rest of us had Pea Soup. Jean liked the pasta, but there were complaints about the pea soup that had more turnips in it than anything else. We also all had hot buttered rum, which warmed us up, but wasn't overly drinkable. They kept brown sugar on the table, and we tried to doctor up the food. The bread was something else all together. Our guide came in and sat with us. He ordered the french toast, and when it came, I think he was the envy of the table. Back on the bus, most of the riders immediately went to open up snacks! It was then a multiple hour drive to our next hotel.

Once at the hotel we had some free time and then attended the farewell dinner. The food was good (salmon again), and remarks were made. We all received a certificate showing that we are now members of the Order of the Good Time.

Afterwards we gathered in Ann's room. Nan was making notes about the trip and we compared those to our blog. Karen was telling us a story about asking Nan about her maiden name (Moose) and managed to spell it Mouse. As though there haven't been enough moose comments in the first place. That was the definitive point of bus fever we gather. While we never got around to finishing the game of Phase 10 that we started earlier in the week, we did have a good evening talking about our travels.

Lesson Leaned: Moose, Mousse, and Mouse, are very different entities.