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| Redford Gardens- Metis Sur Mer, Canada |
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| Alison's very first live moose sighting! |
Tuesday, July 17th
We left Rimouski and headed further east along the Gaspe
Peninsula. With the St Lawrence River
along our left there were many places that looked just like New Zealand, except
for the color of the water. We stopped
at Reford Gardens which was purported to be the best garden in Quebec. Well, that might be the case, but compared to
others we have seen including Buchart Gardens in Victoria, BC it was very disappointing.
The drive to our next
stopover only took about 3 hours so we arrived nice and early at the
campground. The owner spoke English, so
we were able to get lots of local information and confirm that we had done our
homework well.
Wednesday, July 18th
This morning we decided to add an additional day to our next
stop not only to hike, but also to take advantage of some great looking bike
trails in Forillon National Park. Norm
rescheduled previously made reservations while I packed picnic lunches for
today’s hike.
Driving to Gaspe National Park we hoped to see the windmill
farm in Chap-Chat, but the fog was pretty dense. We could not see the mountains either but
were hoping it would clear by the time we got there. It was a good thing we had
a late start. We visited the gift shop, and finally after traveling for weeks,
purchased our first souvenir - a little Christmas ornament for our “travel tree“. Boy, we are such crazy shoppers!
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| National Park De Guispee hike |
The park ranger directed us to a particularly nice hike with
a 360 degree view of the surrounding mountains.
He also said it was “easy, easy, very easy” which disappointed us
because we thought we were ready for more of a challenge.
Well, I was okay with it. The easy part was the smooth, gravel
road. The not-so-easy was the extremely
steep constant grade. I breezed up it
(and of course Norm did) and was marveling at how much better I feel than I did
a year ago! I would not have made it ¼ mile
up, even if it took me all day! I guess
the year of depravation of yummy food and drink is paying off! It was my big day!
Not only did we see our very first, real live
moose, but another mother and baby! They
gave us quite a show when the baby was running in circles through the
underbrush around and around the mom! It rained for a while on the way up, and
was quite cold and windy when we got to the top. But
just a quickly, it cleared and warmed slightly.
On the return trip we checked out the windmills that were
now visible, and chatted a few minutes with the English speaking tour
guide. We were shocked that they were
willing to give us a private tour (for a fee, of course) right then at 5PM, and
this would last for an hour and a half!
But since it was so cold and windy, we decided to pass on that.
We spent a quiet evening “at home”, watched a movie from the
supply my kind daughter Laura loaned us, and went to bed; we listened and
listened to the incredible wind and rain slightly rocking the RV. Boy, glad we
weren’t in a tent! That poor family
beside us!
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| Windmill Farm |
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