This text is part of the special Plaisirs booklet
Just because summer is over doesn’t mean the camping season is behind us! Stopovers in three regions of Quebec where to pull a log … otherwise.
Diamond campsite
Between December 7 and 30, Le Diamant will turn into a vacation spot for 15 performances of the musical and clown circus show. Camping from Theater to Tempo. In addition to the usual seats, a VIP section on the ground floor will allow you to enjoy the entertainment on an Adirondack chair, a camping chair… or in a canoe. “Our scenographer put futons in canoes cut in half,” says Geneviève Kérouac, general manager and director of Théâtre à Tempo, a smile in her voice. It’s like sofa canoes. “
Eleven characters inspired by the artists who play them will evolve in a decor inspired by the 1970s. “We are witnesses to the life of the characters on this campsite and their interrelations,” explains Mme Kérouac, also a teacher at the Circus School for 25 years. There are several little stories: the old boy in his trailer who goes back in his memories, the one who is more hippie-bohemian and has a relationship with an animal that lives in the campsite and who constantly disturbs him… ”
Designed to appeal to the whole family, from grandmothers to young children, the show promises a good dose of good humor, but also emotion. “I want people to laugh, but also to be touched,” says Geneviève Kérouac. A clown is the naive being who wants to be loved. I want the show to make people want to come together as a family, something that we haven’t done much in the past year. To rediscover a neighborhood spirit and the particular social network that exists in the campsites. “
Tickets have been on sale October 22. A barbecue, (fake) grass and a campfire with that?
Ready-to-camp in Chaudière-Appalaches
The Thetford Mines region seems to be in full swing for a few years. Between biking, hiking, skiing and snowshoeing, outdoor enthusiasts will find something to keep busy all year round. Since 2019, the Boisé du Domaine offers to stay in ready-to-camp type pods furnished and equipped with the necessary for cooking, as well as fireplaces inside and outside. The shelters are equipped with electricity, and wireless internet access is provided. For toilets and showers, however, you must go to the sanitary block of the reception building. “There is a games room and a huge cloakroom,” says Marisa Bolduc, marketing director. The showers are new and there is a laundry room. »An indoor climbing center also welcomes beginners as well as more seasoned climbers. Given the success of the oversized tire bike last year, their number has been doubled in anticipation of the next season.
Located in the same area, the 10 accommodations are suitable for families who want the proximity of other holidaymakers. The more cozy, however, may prefer the Hotel du Domaine, a four-star all-inclusive resort built in 2016, or one of the three chalets with individual spas that can accommodate up to 16 people, a stone’s throw from the wooded area of the Domaine. . “All activities are accessible to people who are staying at the hotel and in the wooded area of the Domaine”, specifies Mme Bolduc.
The proximity to the city as well as the easy access to the bike path and the Chaudière-Appalaches snowmobile circuit are also undeniable assets. The site has two restaurants and a convenience store open year-round.
Cost of one night in ready-to-camp: from $ 99 (maximum 6 people)
Pulling a log at the Biodôme
If you are one of the lucky ones who managed to get your hands on tickets for the second edition of the Night of Space for Life Researchers on November 12, you will have the opportunity to listen to scientists recount their adventures in small groups during Anecdotes Around the Fireplace. For others, it will be possible to watch a talk show devoted to science hosted by journalist Marie-Pier Élie live from the Espace pour la vie Facebook page.
From 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., four experts from different disciplines, Nathalie Ouellette, Canadian scientific coordinator for the telescope Webb and coordinator of the Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx) at the University of Montreal, Jennifer De Almeida, biologist and entomological technician at the Insectarium de Mont-real, Simon Joly, botanist and researcher at the Montreal Botanical Garden , and Jean-Philippe Gagnon, biologist and research officer at the Biodôme de Montréal, will relate experiences and sections of laboratory life that are sometimes enriching, sometimes funny. It will be possible to ask them questions live.