Oh.. rental car and creme Brule'e...and lock!

Oh yes I almost forgot the excitement of the trip.. Let me back up and tell you a little in detail.. Our car rental papers said ... return to train station or airport. We were leaving from the train station, so why not.. right.. turn the car in there. It makes since right. Okay we have a garmin (gps) and we set it to find the GARE STATION.. Because after talking to one car rental place, she said the return is just past the rail station , there is a sign and leave the car there and take the keys to the office inside the rail station. Okay sounds easy enough..
Well for some reason the gps took us all through different areas.. which... was okay, had to get to the other side of the tracks anyway. So we get to the other side, drive past the rail station.. look for the sign for the car return and nothing.. Mel wants to go further and I said no.. it has to be here.. once more around.. finally I had him stop a couple blocks up (bunch of one way roads) and I got out and walked down to the station..Meantime he is trying to find something on the gps.. I knew it had to be somewhere close, but I couldn't see a sign. Well I got across the street from a sign that said PARK... and below that were like 8 little emblems of car rental places.. they were about 6 inches long and 3 inches high. No wonder I never saw them. So I walked back.. told Mel .. we park the stupid car and walk to the rail station..
Of coarse I realized sooner I had forgotten our train tickets in Messac.. because the night before we unloaded all of our stuff on the boat, so we wouldn't have to haul it down on the train that day.So we had to buy new tickets, but then we would have anyway because we would have missed our train while looking for the car rental place.. THEN.. when we got our tickets we got them going to Nantes.. we go out and sit and wait for the train when it hits us.. crap we aren't going to Nantes.. we are going to Messac.. so we run over change our tickets and have 15 minutes to get to our train.. phew.. close call.. But we arrived in Messac.. had our nice walk and survived the train ordeal!

now about the Creme Brulee.. at the market here.. SUPER U I found in the dairy isle.. a little something that Mel might like in the evenings.. we all know how he loves his snacks! Well it said "Creme Brule'e, with a' la Vanille Bourbon" Thought what the heck.. can't hurt to try.. OMG that was so good.. then I looked at the package.. 96% cream.. well just slap that on my butt! It was.. fantastic.. I even bought him another one for tonight.. not sure if I will eat mine though.. might have to.. it was good.. :)

Second to the last lock (that I have to do) I am so tired, so dripping wet, it just poured down and the wind blew.. very little on me was dry! Except parts under my rain coat. And I get up there, and this time we are heading down.. so the water flows OUT the lock, not in.. I get up and open the one side.. Mel brings the boat in.. I tie it up.. I walk over to the other end.. start opening the flood gate and Mel is yelling at me.. I look up and OH CRAP.. I had not shut the back flood gates... so water was pouring out as fast as it came in.. It doesn't do anything because I was at the level with the water.. but man.. did I feel stupid.. I was so tired and wet.. I just wanted it over with.. So I go back.. shut the back gates.. go BACK up front.. let the water out.. wait for it to level.. and open them up and off he goes.. he picks me up at the dock.. and the NEXT gate I did it all right. I think what made me so mad.. is the people who would go through the locks and leave the flood gate up.. then I had to do it.. Lets just say my neck, shoulders and arms are sore.. it isn't as easy as you might think it is.

Well today .... onto Messac.. We might leave early.. go into Rennes and do NOTHING.. watch French tv.. duh.. But I will grab a couple books and read them.

Till later.. ya all take care..