Quebec Province

After visiting the city of Quebec, I continued along the St. Laurence river, driving around the province of Quebec. The weather continued to be cloudy/rainy and cool (but no snow!). The highway turned into a regular two-way road, limiting my speed to about 40 mph. The road followed the coast, around through the town of Gaspe, on the eastern-most point of Quebec. The entire coastal route was over 650 miles long, so it took me a while to get through it. It turns out that I was even in a new time zone where I'd never been before!

There were some very small towns along the road, each one with a beautiful old church. However, the entire route was mostly deserted, as this part of Canada looks like it's only a summer-time getaway. There were many, many small cottages along the water, all abandoned for the winter, as well as many closed resturaunts and campgrounds. I "dry camped" all the way around Quebec, and actually was stuck for 2 days waiting for a nasty storm to blow on by. The winds from that storm were incredible!

After the long road around Quebec, I traveled south to Prince Edward Island, and stayed in the capitol city, Charlottetown. It is a very beautiful island, with lots of farms, rolling hills, and coastline. The nasty weather continues to follow me. Although not raining, a lot of overcast weather. Really missing warm and sunny San Diego right now! Anyway, here are the pics:



A lookout just off the highway on some summer cottages



In the town of Perce



Again in Perce, with The Perce Rock in the background



A nice picture from Prince Edward Island



Some sand dunes on Prince Edward Island



The coastline after Perce



A beautiful church along the road



A lighthouse on the coast