More apples and a mini vacation

As the nice fall weather continued, we decided to head back out to St-Joseph-du-Lac for another round of apple picking. It's an inexpensive activity and Jules seems to like it.

Jules quite enjoyed the animals in the small barn

And of course, picking apples on low-hanging branches

The family, on our way to the orchard in a trailer pulled by a tractor

A neatly designed play area made out of hay bales

Back in the barn

The following weekend, Alex and I planned a short getaway to Ogunquit, a final little trip before the new baby arrives. Luckily, my mom was available to watch Jules for the weekend. We hit our usual spots: Ogunquit beach, the Maine Diner, Portland Maine, Portsmouth New Hampshire, the Marginal Way and a few others. It was a lovely and relaxing weekend, but over too soon.

Alex in front of a 200-year-old house on the Strawberry Banke in Porstmouth

Not that many tourists on a Monday in October

Moody Beach, in company of hundreds of white birds near the rocks

Bridge over the salt marsh

Alex and the Portland Head light

 

Looking back towards our hotel from the Marginal Way

Our quaint hotel room was on the second floor of the Terrace hotel

The view from our hotel's lawn

Of course, there were a few neat cars to be spotted (among the SUV's and Crown Victorias) if one really looked.

A nice 964 with the nicer OEM wheels

A lovely 60's Mustang in great condition

A very clean E36 M3: the best all around car one can buy under 10 000$

A loud but nice colour for this Lotus Elise R

 And finally, a couple of spots from Montreal:

A cool E28 M5, with period-incorrect but still nice wheels

This Dodge Aries is just like my first car, except for the colour and hubcaps. I am surprised to see this one still running and in such good shape.