We bid au revoir to New Brunswick this morning and drove back across the Gaspe Peninsula for one more stop at Bic National Park.  We stopped for a quick pub lunch in Amqui where Kris got to sample the local microbrews. The Auberge du Mange Grenouille in Le Bic is a large B&B in a…

Today we completed our circuit of the Gaspe Peninsula and followed La Riviere Restigouche, which forms the border between Quebec and New Brunswick. At Matapedia, we crossed the Pont Mercier, moved our watches ahead an hour and crossed into New Brunswick. The town of Saint Quentin calls itself the Atlantic Maple Capital and boasts production…

We have spent the last few days exploring and hiking in Forillon National Park at the tip of the Gaspe Peninsula. Cap des Rosiers was named for the plethora of wild roses growing here. We hiked the Cap Gaspe Loop at the end of Forillon Park, ending up at Le Bout du Monde (the end…

We drove inland through Gaspesie Park to Gaspe this morning. The name comes from the Mi’gmaq word “Gespeg” which means ‘lands end’. On the way into town we checked out the O’Dwyer Distillery and had a ‘degustation’ of their products. Just down the hill from our hotel, along the Gulf of St Lawrence is the Birthplace…

Leaving Matane this morning, we drove about an hour along the shore of the St Lawrence River.  Interspersed between the tiny, cute towns are large cattle farms with impressive grain silos. We’re not sure if they hold wheat for export or corn sileage to feed the local dairy cows. We stopped in Sainte Anne des…

“Mom” had a bit of a moment this morning as we said au revoir to Eric. His advisor is driving the Shawi TA’s back home this afternoon and we are heading for the north coast of the Gaspe Peninsula. On our way out of Quebec City, we took a quick tour through The Battlefields Park…

Montmorency Falls is where the Montmorency River empties into the St Lawrence River.  The waterfall is 83m (272feet), almost 100 feet taller than Niagara, although considerably narrower!  It is the highest waterfall in Quebec and the 8th tallest in Canada. 487 wooden steps brought us to the bridge over the top of the falls.  We…

This afternoon we drove the several hours from Shawinigan to Quebec City and got Eric checked into his hotel.  He and the other teaching assistants will have training for the next three days at the Hilton boardrooms. Our hotel is just across the street.  After a quick tour around the neighborhood, we are taking Dave…

Our youngest son, Eric has a job in Quebec as a teaching assistant in an elementary school for the next 9 months. We are taking him there to help set up his apartment and will then stay to do a tour of La Belle Province.  Quebec is Canada’s largest province by area so we will…