Back Again

Aug. 12
We had made it to the end of the road. Looking back now, the Cote Nord is a quiet remote part Quebec with a small population base spread along 1250K of coast line, and some of the freedoms that come with fewer people around to bother each other. It’s a relatively undeveloped area so the land and the shore line seem more unspoiled. It’s a very long way from Quebec city so people don’t tend to just up and go there. Construction is big, especially on the big Hydro Electric projects so those employed there make a lot of money. You can see that in the trucks and quads they all have. Yet the remoteness of the region gives it a very laid back character. No Wallmarts or anything else that’s for sure. Having accomplished our objective, we started our journey back again. We no longer plan to travel over Labrador on our way to Newfoundland. Instead we have decided to travel up river west again as far as Godbut, and then take the ferry across to the South shore to Matane. From there we plan to take the South shore to the Gaspe instead. Wednesday night we arrived again at the beach in Longue Pointe de Mingan and decided to stay for a couple of nights just to get a day in on the beach. Thursday was a great sun kissed day of just laying back watching the waves roll in and the odd whale roll over out from shore. We had booked the ferry in Godbut for 8:00Am Saturday morning, so Friday at 6:00 Am with Grace still in bed we drove off with an early start on the road. We stopped for a bit in Sept Ilse to repair one of the bikes, and stock up on groceries. Somewhere West of Sept Ilse we crossed the 50th parallel and by early afternoon we had arrived at the ferry. We parked right there at the terminal and called it home for the night. We took the bikes down of the van and checked out the town for a while. I love having bikes along. It’s such a relaxing way to see places. We went down to the dock to watch the guys fishing for herring. It was the hotspot in town that night for sure.