Friday 7/17/2009
Days on the road: 19
Day mileage: 256
JF total mileage: 4503
Gale total mileage: 2811
States/Provinces: Quebec
We left Quebec City on the Route of the Whales, route 138, with spectacular views of the St. Lawrence and hillside farming communities. We picked up route 170 and 172 to follow the Fjord Route around Saguenay Fjord to camp in Saguenay Parc near St. Margarite. This is the only fjord in North America.
July 18 – The came in earnest that night and was raining in the morning but we hiked out to the Beluga whale interpretive center at Baie Sainte-Marguerite and got soaking wet all the way down to the skin. We ate breakfast in the rain and packed the motorcycles in the rain.
When we pulled out of the park for Tadoussac it was pouring. We stayed in rain and I was having problems with my visor fogging at slower speeds so I wasn’t enjoying the ride and I wasn’t seeing anything. We stopped for a late lunch in Les Escoumins at 4:00 and descided to call it a day since it wasn’t supposed to be raining the next day. We found an auberge in the next town.
July 19 – The next day was sunny and beautiful so we stopped at quite a few view points some down dirt and gravel roads (obelisk). We arrived in Baie Comeau around 6:00 PM.
Pictures of the ride to Baie Comeau can be seen at:
http://motorcycle-journeys.com/past/canada_2009/photos/quebec/to_baie_comeau/index.html
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