Although we have been in Rawdon since the summer of 2005, our story begins two and a half years earlier when we decided we were going to move out to the countryside. We lived in Montréal at the time and we dreamed of a quieter, more meaningful life without all the stress. A place surrounded by trees in the middle of nature and it's numerous inhabitants.

We concentrated our search during a period of 30 months in the Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts, Sainte-Adèle, Saint-Hypollite, Saint- Adolphe-d'Howard area without any luck. We always found reason's not to buy; too expensive, too big, no lake, not enough land, or it didn't look like a chalet enough, etc, etc.

Then one day, our real-estate agent made us look outside of our search area...

The first visit outside of our targeted area was the one. We made an offer, sold our home and we came to live in Rawdon. The site is remarkable... The mountains, the lake, the beach, the Cascades and the Dorwin waterfalls to name a few attractions are accessible within minutes.

All was perfect...until our first spring. Major defect with the roof. Massive amounts of ice all around the house with the inpending water infiltration as a result, from the spring thaw. The roof in it's entirety had to be completely redone.

Enter Mr. Michel Deslandes from Deslandes Construction to the rescue. It was while he was demolishing and removing the roof that I approched Mr. Deslandes with plan B... which came about from our misfortune. I asked him if he could build us a second floor as well as a new roof. He told me anything was possible if we could dream it.

This is how our dream became reality. Two private rooms, a bathroom, a rest room as well as a t.v. viewing room later, our B & B was born. I want to thank Mr. Michel Deslandes for the remarkable work he accomplished turning our simple country home into a Bed & Breakfast classified; ''trois soleils'' by Québec Tourism.