Last night we sang at Westmount Church in Montreal. It’s a beautiful old sanctuary with great acoustics. There were some rough spots in the program, I think because we haven’t performed in a couple of days. Also because folks were tired from two days trekking around New York City. This is a young group and the younger ones don’t pace themselves very well on performance days.
Today we left the hotel and went to La Ronde, a Six Flags amusement park in Montreal. It was only about 15 minutes from the hotel to the park. It’s a smaller park than Six Flags Over Georgia, but they had some good roller coasters, and there were no lines for the first couple of hours. The four hours that we stayed there were easily enough to ride the rides that we wanted to ride.
This afternoon we went down to the old part of Montreal for an hour or so. Most of downtown is preparing for the Formula 1 race on Sunday. There were several *very* expensive cars parked down near the Justice Center. Mclarens are the most expensive street car manufactured today. They run roughly 1/2 million dollars apiece. I have seen one in my life prior to today. There were four lined up at the curb. Also a Porsche 911 in race colors, which is one evil looking car.
Now we’re back in the US, having stopped at a Walmart right across the street from the hotel. With any luck at all, I am mere minutes from being in my bed at the hotel.
Tomorrow we have a long bus day down to Palmyra, PA, to see Charles Walker at his church.