After breakfast we packed a lunch and headed north out of Montreal to St Sauveur and St Jerome. It took about an hour to get to St Sauveur, where they have Alpine slides. When I was young, many of the ski resorts in New York would have Alpine slides in the summer to stay busy. They do this in St Sauveur here in Quebec.
The track was very different from the ones I rode on as a kid. Instead of it being more or less an open track that had a bobsled kind of feel (high banking turns, open on the straight-aways) this track was much more like a roller coaster. The sleds could not just fly off the track like the good old days. While the fear factor was significantly reduced, I will say that this new style allows you to go a LOT faster and not brake at all.
The other nice thing about this track was that they towed you up the hill, again like a roller coaster. The rides were quite expensive, so we only rode it three times. It was, however, a complete blast. Highly recommended!
After our adrenaline rush, we headed back to St Jerome and Parc Regional Riviere du Nord. It costs $5 per adult to get in. We had read about there being some great hiking trails and waterfalls in the park. At first blush, we thought we had found the wrong place. The park runs right alongside Autoroute 15, and does not seem like it would be much from the road. However, we quickly found that once you get away from the highway it is a beautiful park.
There is a river running along the entire length of the park and we did some wading and exploration as we went along. We got to Wilson Falls after about 15-20 minutes of hiking. The falls themselves are not huge, but the area around them is really beautiful. We spent probably an hour or more just walking to different parts of the rapids and sitting and enjoying the views and the nice cool water. It was a great break from ramming around the city.
Upon returning to Montreal we got cleaned up and headed out for dinner to Chinatown. We found a good, but not great, Szechuan restaurant called Delicieux Xiang. I don't think we ordered the right food, and one of the items we ordered was not at all what we had expected. Crossing three languages also had its issues (Chinese, French, English). It was the first real miss of the trip food-wise. By miss I mean it was not exceptional.
We took the Metro back to the apartment and crashed, full of another days activities. Tomorrow is a big day, as we have tickets to the Cirque De Soleil under the big tent down at Old Port, Montreal where it all started. This was an unplanned bonus, and we can't wait to go!
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