8 am, clear skies, Don and I are off to Quebec intending to ride the North Shore of the St Lawrence to Pointe-Parent. Beyond this point you need to take a Ferry which services a number of villages along the coast to Blanc Sablon. Last year we crossed from Newfoundland to this village which is at the eastern edge of Quebec …..from this point you pick up the gravel road that takes you to Goose Bay Labrador. We will turn back at Pointe-Parent possibly to Bay-Comeau and cross by Ferry to Matane Gaspésie.
10 am coffee break at Tim’s in Bancroft where we met another Bob from Sauble Beach on a 1983 R100 BMW heading for Ottawa. He to has the adventure spirit and has done the Trans Lab Hwy.
I am sure these farms near Renfrew date back to the early settlers and it is common to see these relics, uninhabited next to modern homes…..I assume the families just cannot bear to tear them down…..so much history….
North of Renfrew we picked up # 4 which led us into Quebec…………….
crossed this river AT A HYDRO DAM and into La Belle Province. Soon we picked up 148 which snaked its way through a number of villages and farmland. At Montebello, we had to detour as the town is closed to traffic…….cars are lining the roadways and tents are set up along the tracks, in peoples yards….just everywhere. Something called Rock Fest is going on and by estimates 100,000 young souls have descended on the town….so no chance of scoring a room there……we are currently in LaChute at the Laurention Hotel……..
Enjoyed a cerveza across the street
with our dinner of course…….
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