We left Quebec City and came over to the Gaspé Peninsula today. We had a very long day of driving so we left our overnight spot at 6:30 this morning. Our first real stop was at Pointe-au-Père were there is a lighthouse you can tour, which we did. It was neat to go up to the top of the lighthouse, this was a guided tour but of course we are in Quebec so the tour was in french (needless to say we never got much information from this tour). Kent was not able to come on this tour and we had bought tickets to tour the submarine that was there and then we found out that Kent could not go on this tour either. The girls and I went on the submarine tour and it was very interesting because it was an audio tour so we could listen in English. This was a submarine built in England for the Canadian Navy and was used during WWII as we were touring through I noticed on one of the diesel engines there was a metal plaque stating it was made by Airscrew Howden Ltd most interesting - wondering if there is any link there to my dad's family. This was actually a very nice little place with lots of interesting things to learn about but with nothing being accessible we didn't stick around too long. We continued our drive up the coast and found a place to camp in Cap Chat right on the ocean. It was really very cool to look out the front windows and see nothing but water. We have really enjoyed our drive up the Gaspésie there is so much to see lots of carvings out of driftwood - and can you believe I never got a picture of any of them (so dumb) beautiful shoreline, quaint old homes and beautiful old stone churches. Kent and I have both been commenting all day how green everything is, it makes you think you could be in England. Everyone keeps up their places so nicely and with so much green grass it is truly a very beautiful place to visit.
Pointe-au-père lighthouse.
The girls and the submarine we toured.
The view from our campsite.
Looking back to town from the beach at our campsite.
After such an early morning yesterday we had a sleep in this morning and no one was up until 8:00. The wind was fierce last night and we were a bit nervous all night. Today we decided to wash the outside of the motor home and the girls were busy on the beach collecting rocks, shells, and beach glass as well as flying their kite. Once things were cleaned up and we could finally pull away from our very kind and friendly camp neighbours we got back on the road towards Perce. It was a very long drive - not in kilometres but in gruelling terrain up and down hills with anywhere between 9% and 17% grade. We were second guessing ourselves again for putting the motor home through this hard day, but reaching Perce was definitely worth it. This is a beautiful little tourist town, the main strip is very quaint with lots of souvenir shops and restaurants a boardwalk running along the ocean front and of course the beautiful big rock out just off shore. We spent the evening strolling through the town and shopping the little gift stores before heading back to our campsite which was right on the main street. The town reminded us of Lahina and we would love to come back here again and rent a cabin on the water.
Katrina flying the kite.
Countryside
Shoreline
Girls on a big swing.
Roche Percé
Last day on the Gaspe Peninsula and again we saw beautiful country, the shoreline ranges from being red cliffs to rock beaches to sandy bays. The country is green and lush and the homes are all brightly colored and quaint. We really love the way they have done the rest stations along the highway there are lots of them and everyone is done up nicely with picnic tables, playgrounds and gorgeous vistas. We stopped and ate both breakfast and lunch at two such places and enjoyed our simple meals while looking out to the ocean. Bliss!! We made it to New Brunswick now and will up date you in a few days.
The rest stop where we had breakfast.
Another lighthouse.
Man selling homemade boats by the road.
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