Today was simply incredible. We woke to a cloudy and windy day. We swung by the wharf in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts and stumbled unto a sculpture by one of Helene's favourite artist, Armand Vaillancourt. The piece is called "Le Drapeau Blanc" and it is indeed an inspiring piece. It was assembled by Armand working with a group of 100 people including children.
From the wharf we drove 40 kms to le Gite du Mt Albert to drop off the car and ride back to the hotel and pick up our panniers and the tent. We left at 11:30 and got to our destination at 4 pm. On the way to Mont St-Pierre we must have seen close to 100 waterfalls. A lady in Marsoui told us there were normally about 5 or 6. They were probably due to Arthur that dumped tons of water on the Gaspésie. In Marsoui the river swelled and the trees it carried tore up the town's water in-take pipe and cause a sink hole that swallowed up a car. We were told that three homes were close to falling into the sink hole.
We fought off the off the mosquitoes as long as we could until we finally got to sleep.
Mileage 98 kms (
http://ridewithgps.com/trips/3045675)
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| Check the wind and yes, the waterfalls. |
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| Yes the thumb works and kept on working for two weeks. |
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