The Human Element

Aug. 8
As in all of life, when traveling, there’s always the human element. On one of the islands in Mingan there’s a light house. This was an operating lighthouse with a lighthouse keeper who lived there till the mid 1970’s. During the 1950’s there was one particular fellow who was out in a small boat late in the season. The ice in the Gulf set in and trapped him and his little boat so bad that he was sure his life was over. He prayed very hard and he promised God that if he would save his life he would erect a statue to Mary when he got back. Well God came through and that year the lighthouse keeper also came through and spent most of his year’s salary importing this statue. The old lighthouse keeper is long gone, but Mary’s statue is still there.
Often along the way we also meet other RV’rs who we get to know for a brief bit of time. We often compare notes on where we’ve been and where to park, dump our taks and take on fresh water. Sometimes we visit for a while and talk abut our lives families etc. Sometmes after we part we meet each other again later down the road totally by chance. Such was the case with Aubin and Helen from Quebec city. Very gracious people who showed us their travel piks one night, and left us with a standing invitation to park at their home when we get to Quebec. We saw them one more time later as we passed going in opposite directions on the South shore.
Grace and I took the opportunity here to leave you with a couple of personal piks too. Also a pik of our Trecker parked on the beach taken from the boat coming back.