Gaspe Adventure

 

 

After we left the KOA in Quebec City we decided to take the less traveled route to the east and pulled off on highway number 132 as the two lane is always more rewarding than the four. With a fill up of diesel at an Ultramar gas station in town, we headed off along the south side of the St. Lawrence and it was was unique.

 

The Seaway is a massive waterway and right now sort of muddy and was pretty calm. Again our weather was about 70 for the high and no wind at all ... smooth Rv-ing. Below was a small rest stop along the waterfront and really pretty.

 

 



The Gaspe Peninsula was named after the famous writer Albert Gaspe who wrote a chronicle concerning the first settlers here .... tough and determined folks in a pretty harsh land. We also stopped by a small cemetery near here where 1300 settlers are buried in unmarked and unnamed grave sites ... what a rough place.

We stopped for lunch at another wide place in the road and it happened to be the place Gaspe wrote his famous book (Les Anciens Canadiens) about the settlers who made this stark land home.

Every little town along this coast is dominated by a huge cathedral ... for a town of 500 this is awesome. And one we passed which looked like the one below, was built in 1768!

On the lighter side, below, next to the church above is this restaurant called, "Café Bon Dieu," and even in my poor French it translates to The Good God Café ... not sure if that is a reference to the quality of the food or its after effects or just the godly presence nearby.

Another one on the humor side ... blogster must have been looking for funny stuff on this run along the Seaway, eh. You have to make this one bigger below, but that truck can hold at least a couple of cases for each member of the congregation ... I know, way too much religion for this website ... sorry.

We took a right after about 200 miles and then we ended up in St. Antonin, Quebec, on highway 85 south at the Lido 2002 RV park on the 22nd.

Friendly hosts and a basic level gravel spot with 50 amp service. The manager said, "Well, we are almost closed but we'll put you in a spot." Actually we were the only transient customers at this late of date in September.