Gaspe
It was another all
day trip for what the map says is barely 3 hours and every stop was worth
it. It must have cost a fortune to build
the road, and as much to keep it maintained. Much of it was cut out of rock and
the rock that is left wants to be back on the road so lots of beware of falling
rock signs. The road runs so closely
along the coast that in some places the waves were splashing onto the road even
though it was just a normal sunny day.
In a winter storm I wouldn’t want to be on it. The winds are so strong
the road and street signs are bent back in a v shape. The road is as beautiful as the highway that
hugs the coast of California only without traffic and fewer villages. When it
climbs inland the trees are turning and with sunglasses the colours were even
more dramatic and beautiful
Every beach was different
Then there was the cemetary
It is deffinitely windy enough for these and they were maybe 2-300 along this stretch
How Quebec not to paint it white and red.
The road could have been a challenge but the traffic was nil
The whole coastline was spectacular
Every beach was different
Which was why it took all day
Then there was the cemetary
The bleeding angel
The town of Gaspe
is under construction so it is hard to know what it was or will be like. There aren’t a lot of dining options between
sweet breads for $55, in what looked like an abandoned mansion, and cod
tongues, in season, at the family restaurant. Neither had a view of the sunset
we have come to enjoy. Luckily we found The Artists Coffee shop full of funky
folk art, great simple food and a view over the construction to the water and
the sunset.
Our Auberge is
really nice, built into a hill so that my room is in the treetops. Tonight was
the best evening ever with the super moon eclipse. In the back yard there is a
deck with several comfortable chairs. After
trying several spots for the ‘perfect view’ of the eclipse we returned to the
comfort of the back yard. At least half
a dozen others soon joined us. They
spoke French but when we were talking in English they would switch to share
what they understood. It was an amazing
couple of hours watching the shadow cross the moon. It gave me vertigo at how fast we are moving
through the universe.
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