We decided last night to take a 200 kms eastern detour through part of the Gaspesie Peninsular, rather than just heading due south. The drive took us for 90 kms along the St.Lawrence River to the town of St.Anne des Monts. What a beautiful coastline it is!.
About 50 kms after we left Matane we came across an enormous wind farm on the hills above the road. There were dozens of gigantic turbines revolving in the wind.
We then saw this strange looking 'mast', which did not look like a wind turbine at all, but we saw a sign that said this was the highest 'eoline' in the world. We wondered if it generated electricity, but as it was not revolving or doing anything discernible we could only guess. Does anyone have an answer?
When we reached the town of St.Anne des Monts we turned inland and had our last look at the St.Lawrence in our wing mirror. It was sad to leave this great river as we have followed it all the way from its source in Lake Ontario.
We now had the most beautiful drive imaginable through Gaspesie Park. The scenery was stunning with wooded mountains rising above the road. At times we could see snow on the peaks. We stopped at an off road parking site to see the St.Anne River and Wendy took a photo of myself, Bob and Thelma.
We continued on through the park when we came across a car stopped by the side of the road and the driver waving at us to slow down. On the side of the road was a baby moose. It looked very frightened and ran down the road as we approached. We stopped and watched as it came right up to Bob's car. We never saw its mother and could only presume it was lost. We stayed about five minutes taking photos and then drove on as other people were there who could warn traffic.
The next sighting was of a black bear and her two cubs. Bob, who was in front, saw the bears run in to the undergrowth. We stopped and could just see the mother in the bushes and one of the cubs climbing up a tree. We weren't able to take any clear pictures.
After 140 kms of wonderful driving we reached the southern shore of the peninsular. As we drove about 80 kms due west to the town of Campbellton, we reached another milestone in the trip 8,000 kms or 5,000 miles.
Campbellton is just inside New Brunswick and we crossed the border driving over a large bridge.
New Brunswick is on Atlantic Time, the fourth time zone of the drive and we are now 4 hours behind UK time.
The remainder of the drive was on good empty roads to our overnight stop in Miramichi. We travelled a total over 505 kms.
Tomorrow is our last day and we will be saying goodbye to Bob and Thelma who are flying back to London on the midnight Air Canada flight from Halifax. We will be staying on a couple of nights so we can see some of the sights of Nova Scotia as well as making a visit to Prince Edward Island our final province of the trip.
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