After a night of rain we get ready this morning to continue our way West. We leave Baie-Comeau, QC and continue on Rt-138 toward Quebec. The haze is still there even after all that rain, and I can smell a little the ash and smoke in the air. The sun will have no chance to burn through this, even not at temperatures well in the 70th. The drive is pretty much uneventful, through coastal mountain ranges up and down, and the fauna accordingly, but beautiful altogether. We take the shortcut with the ferry from Tadoussac, QC over to Baie-Sainte-Catherine, QC and stop at the lighthouse at Pointe Noire. The lighthouse keeper's house and museum are still closed for another two weeks, so we stroll around the grounds and watch some Beluga wales in the bay. Here the fresh water of the Saguenay River and the salt water pushed into the St. Lawrence River mix and create a unique marine environment. We stop for lunch in Sainte-Simeon, QC and then take the scenic byway of Rt-362 at La Malbaie, QC. This town is very charming, very inviting shops, we couldn't help it but had to buy some sausages and beer! at the butchery, and enjoyed very much the vibe this town is giving its visitors. The scenic byway is a marvel as well, passing along nice house and painstakingly manicured gardens, and a road embracing the coastline every bit. We stop in La Emboulements, QC for some gas and see a creamery on the other side of the road. The ice cream is a dream, and the truffle sweets are to die for. We join Rt-138 again a Baie Saint-Paul, QC and make our way into Quebec. Traffic is light and we follow Rt-138 through town until there are so many road works and detours that we loose our way. The easy way out is to hit Hwy-40 and go west, and that brought us after a couple of miles back on Rt-138 and behind all the road work. It's getting late already, and there are no campsites around for us, so we stop at a nice little motel in Cap-Sainte, QC and call it the day. But not quite yet, as I use the light still available to tackle the repair / exchange after discovering the old light bar was beyond repair. The new tail gate light bar works fine, and hopefully with the duct tape reinforcements around the cable entries to the plugs and light bar we will get some more lifetime out of this one. But then we are done for today.
"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul." - John Muir, Scottish-born American naturalist, author environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist, glaciologist, and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the US, 1838-1914
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