Camping Baie des Campucins
13 августа 2024 г., Канада ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
A goal was to camp on the water/beach and we certainly found one!!! We are steps from the water, if only the fog would clear.
This is the opposite of the last campground. Electric only, lots ofЧитать далее
Parc National de la Gaspésie
14 августа 2024 г., Канада ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
We learned that the Parc National de la Gaspésie was created in 1937 to preserve the mountain caribou, the Sainte-Anne River and the Gaspesian mountains.
It was a gorgeous drive from the coast intoЧитать далее
Sentier Mont Albert
14 августа 2024 г., Канада ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
This hike was definitely a tough climb up. Listed as 5.7km and we enjoyed the km marker signs along the way, but often felt we’d hiked further than the sign said! 🤣 🥾
Sommet Albert Nord!!!
14 августа 2024 г., Канада ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
We made it!!! They have nice benches at the top, lots of rocks and a gorgeous 360 view. Enjoyed hearing all of the French from the many hikers at the top with us. Fun to see kids and families makingЧитать далее
Framboises!!!
14 августа 2024 г., Канада ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
Raspberries lined the trail the last couple of kilometers down. 😋
Angus found us a garter snake, too! 🐍
Baie des Capucins
14 августа 2024 г., Канада ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
Loving this campground. Nice to snuggle in a relax after our big hike. 11.6 km will wear anyone out. So worth it!
We loved the camping in the boat, so fun!
Lots of fisherman here as well. We read upЧитать далее
Skipping rocks!
15 августа 2024 г., Канада ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
No better way to get the day started than skipping and throwing rocks 🪨 😊
We found some snails 🐌 and shrimp 🦐 swimming in the water, too.
Gaspé Peninsula Drive
15 августа 2024 г., Канада ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
We drove up the peninsula more today passing lots of pretty towns nestled along the way. Foggy, but beautiful nonetheless.
One interesting thing is that many houses have driveways that wrap aroundЧитать далее
Camping Griffon
15 августа 2024 г., Канада ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
Arrived at our next campground and it didn’t disappoint! Right on the cliff and 75 steps down to the water.
This is the very first campground on any of our trips where we have found a COMPOSTЧитать далее
Forillon National Park #1 - Visitor Cen.
16 августа 2024 г., Канада ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
Hit the end peninsula this morning at the Parc National Forillon. Figured out that this is a Canadian national park whereas the others we have visited are Québec National Parks.
Amazing visitorЧитать далее
Forillon #2 - Mont-Saint-Alban
16 августа 2024 г., Gulf of Saint Lawrence ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
We decided to drive to the south entrance to begin our hike up to Mont-Saint-Alban from the Grande-Grave parking area. In total it was about 2.3km to the top (including our hike from where we parked)Читать далее
Forillon #3 - Mont-Saint-Alban Tour
16 августа 2024 г., Канада ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
We reached the top of the observation tower for a 360• view. So worth it!
Mont-Saint-Alban 285 meters
*Footprint may say 68•, but let us tell you that it felt much warmer and the air was thickЧитать далее
Forillon #4 - Hike 2!
16 августа 2024 г., Канада ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
Why stop at one 4.6km hike for the day?!? Not us! We trudged on to the Land’s End called Cap-Gaspé.
On the way out we took the Sentier Les Graves, 4km that wound along the coast and up onto theЧитать далее
Forillon #5 - SIA / IAT
16 августа 2024 г., Канада ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
We have been seeing these signs with SIA / IAT and finally figured it out.
Sentier Internacional des Appalaches /
International Appalachian Trail
This trail is connected to Mount Katahdin in Maine,Читать далее
Forillon #6 - Penouille
16 августа 2024 г., Канада ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
After finishing our two long hikes we drove to the southwestern section of the park called Penouille. This was our first look at a sand beach and it didn’t disappoint. You could walk out really farЧитать далее
Camping Griffon Night 2
16 августа 2024 г., Канада ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
Showers! .25/75 seconds, $1/5 min. Cheaper than our last campground that was $2/5min(only accepted dollar coins aka Loonies). Loving the shower curtain. 🐟 🐠
Almost forgot to include a fewЧитать далее
Griffon Beach Walk
17 августа 2024 г., Канада ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
Our final beach walk on this gorgeous black and white stones beach. We saw a phoque/seal this morning! Very peaceful all around and a wonderful way to start our day. 🦭 🪨
Two videos are added toЧитать далее
Haulte Municipale Barachois
17 августа 2024 г., Канада ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
Québec, along the Gaspé Peninsula at least, has not disappointed with the municipal rest areas. Every single town on the coast has one complete with a stunning view, picnic tables, informationalЧитать далее
Sites along 132
17 августа 2024 г., Gulf of Saint Lawrence ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F
These pictures represent some of the views as we drove along 132 today. At one point, if you took away the trees, it felt like we were in the western US climbing through some steep territory. It was aЧитать далее
Parc National de Île Bonaventure
17 августа 2024 г., Gulf of Saint Lawrence ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F
Parc National de Île Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé
We drove through Percé that was full of tourists so we ventured on, but not before seeing this amazing rock. What a beautiful coastline we areЧитать далее
Hommard!! 🦞
17 августа 2024 г., Канада ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
Angus was craving some seafood after passing by numerous fishing towns and seeing stacks of lobster traps. We found a nice restaurant by the sea and ordered a lobster salad, fish and chips and aЧитать далее
Fleurs et Vélos
17 августа 2024 г., Канада ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
This one town we passed through had bikes at every corner with flowers and other things to decorate the corner. What a fun idea!
Campground Pointe-Taylor
17 августа 2024 г., Канада ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F
Arrived at our last campground in Québec. This is another campground on the beach and after dinner we went for a stroll to enjoy the sunset. Nice and easy pull through site with full hook-ups.
Plage Pointe-Taylor
17 августа 2024 г., Канада ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F
Sunset hike at the campground beach. Loving this spot! Très beau 🌅
Tim Horton’s
18 августа 2024 г., Канада ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
Had to check out Tim Horton’s before leaving the country. Yummy and Patrick was surprised to hear French still, but if you look where we are, we are still super close to Québec.