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stux weekender august 12 1995 p 5 quebec city trip an experience walking back to our quaint bed and breakfast after a delightful anniversary dining experience in quebec citys classic old section last friday night we had no idea that 24 hours later wed be driving through the pouring rain in que becs south eastern appalachian region in search of even the most basic form of accommodation a combination of attractions con ventions and good old summer tourism had turned our holiday weekend of whimsy into a battle of wits where visitors without reser vations were scrambling to find a place to stay we had managed to nail down the last available bed and break fast lodging in old quebec city after entering that historic destina tion amid a crush of rush hour traf fic and incoming tourists late fri day afternoon our stay at chez mimi was a treat complete with the ambience and charm which captivates guests who are used to the standard hotel lodging experience not only was mimi adept at the art of preparing a creative breakfast but she also knew which local restaurants com bined exquisite cuisine with rea sonable prices after spending most of saturday retracing quebec citys colorful history and eating ice cream on the plains of abraham where wolfes invaders took montcalm and his men by surprise a few centuries back we aimed the car southwest and began the twoday trek home ward wed stop for the night in sher- brooke or at one of the many bed and breakfasts listed in our tourist guide to that part of the province but we soon found that every bed arid breakfast and hotel room from sherbrooke to just north of the ver mont border was spoken for as the rain poured down and we plodded on tired and hungry we started to resign ourselves to the unattrac tive prospect of sleeping in the car it was only when we stopped and knocked on the door of the last bed and breakfast before crossing the border in search of a room that our luck suddenly changed v a most accommodating lady of british descent greeted us show ing us to a cozy room complete with private bath and to think we were ready to ask her if she had a manger or other such out building we could hole up in for the night ten minutes later as we settled into our welcome oasis two ladies appeared at the door of the house soaked and thoroughly bedraggled in appearance the pair had been following our same route on a harley davidson motorcycle encountering the identical no vacancy responses at the count less stops along the way they were shown to the last available room after which the gracious hostess relieved them of their soaked cloth ing and ran it through the wash we found out over blueberry pan cakes the next morning that the motorcycling women were from montreal and had set out on their weeks vacation the day before only to run smack into inclement weather claudette who is in her 50s is a freelance film technician who oversees continuity on cana dian feature films as well as inter national works her companion denise also in the film busi ness was one of the first fern a 1 e pilots in the cana dian forces back we exchanged life sto ries for an hour or so over coffee before resuming from where i live bruce a few years our respec tive journeys as so often happens a seemingly hopeless sit uation had stapley turned into an enjoyable exchange but the next time we go to quebec on a summer weekend- were making reservations so much for serendipity hakim oo optical extra 3 off over and above any other discount for more details see our flyer in todays paper vvvvvvvyvv vvnvyyvvnvawvvvvyvvwxvxsvvxvwvxw txaxvvxwswxwvxkvvw 1995 buick regal custom 31 litre v6 abs brakes dual air bags dual zone air power windows locks am fm cass cruise tilt clearout 1 o ooq rfbh moth price 1 9998 regals avail lease 268 mth buy 9988 lease 1995 cmc safari pass van st buy 4988 if lease 1 995 pontiag sunfire sedan st so jt h99 buy buy 6999 lease 1995 grand am se sedan stg 1995 pontiac bonneville se buy if lease lease 1995 pontiac firebird st sw 1995 gmc jimmy slt srs 1995 pontiac transport srssso 9988 1995 cmc sonoma ss sts buy 8998 lease 1995 pontiac gr prix sedan st prices plus frt taxes 36 month lease include down payments 1st month security rcq oac downpayments which are taxable regal 4803 safari 3384 sunfire 3340 grand am 3162 bonneville 4971 firebird 3245 sonoma 2128 jimmy 3564 transport 2726 grand prix 4604 sales hours mon thurs 900 900 fri 900 530 sat 900 530 unionville m o t o k s pontiacbuickgmc 4630 hwy 7 unionville at kennedy rd 4771666