Gaspe Peninsula Quebec

On the road by 830 we worked our way up the Gaspe Peninsula.

We stopped in Riviere de Loup for coffee and a pee break and then continued on. It was very hot again today and we had the air pumping in the mini van.

Stopped for a picnic lunch in Baie de Sables and again it was very hot. We clambered along the rocky beach marveling at …

Adam and I got driven into Perce, on the Gaspe Peninsula in Quebec, Canada. We were easily able to meet up with Johnny and Julie, who'd arrived a day before. It was a dreary-looking day, and it soon began to rain on us. Minutes before, a ...

... It had taken Julie and I more than one ride to travel the seven hours from L'Anx Pleureuse to Quebec. On the rural Gaspe Peninsula highway beside the sea, beneath Diane's vegetable farm, Julie assumed hitchhiking position. Her brown hair ...

... an offer from Weena in the Quebec Tourist Info center for a ride once she got off work. She took us along the Gaspe Peninsula to a place called New Richmond. In the town's park-by-the-sea, Adam and I played volleyball with four Frenchmen (the ...

... transition. So, this was how things stood as we hitched out of Perce, at the end of the southern coast of the Gaspe Peninsula. I and my new hitching partner, Julie, played catch with a tennis ball as we waited at the edge of town. Julie ...

On the morning our group left Quebec, Nichola got the call he was dreading. His work wanted him back on the Gaspe Peninsula to observe on a fishing boat within twenty-four hours. Poor Nichola. He was going to have to high-tail it just to see his ...

This Pierced Rock is an island in the Gulf of St Lawrence, just off the Gaspe peninsula. Its one of the largest and most spectacular arches in the world (kinda like hole in the wall South Africa from my previous TP). The lime stone arch is 1420 ft long, ...

... low-lying clouds this morning, but it was a driving day anyways, so that was okay.  We finished-up the Gaspé Peninsula by about lunch time.    Keeping on the same highway, we hit Rimouski, where another National Historic Site was ...

... - no short cuts!  There aren't actually very many opportunities to take short-cuts - it's just one highway around the peninsula.  Our first significant stop (as in longer than to just snap a photo) was Percé.  This is a beautiful little ...

... Canadian history, and the interpreters were well versed!!   Then began our venture into the area known as the Gaspésie (Gaspé Peninsula).  It's a long trek around the peninsula - over 800 km, and we plan to take a few days to drive ...

... North mountain tops of the St. Lawrence (where I just drove from)coincidently I am standing near the ferry dock that is only 1 hour by boat from where I stayed last night. Lots of great pictures to update soon and tomorrow is on to the Gaspe ...