Rimouski to Sainte-Anne-des-Monts

Right now, we are in Perce' (pronounced Pierce), Quebec.  Let me catch you up on where we've been and what we've been doing.  Perce' is near the tip of the peninsula.  It's labeled on this map.  It's the next to the last dot on this map of our route.

Thursday, August 30 – Today, while I was lounging by the beach at Capitaine Homard’s, catching up on the blog, Mom and Dad went to Canyon des Portes de l'Enfer (in English, that's Hell's Gate Canyon).  It’s a canyon with water falls and a suspension bridge that they read about and wanted to see.  To get down into the canyon, there are 300 stairs and then to get out of the canyon, they needed to come back up the same 300 stairs.  They climbed 478 stairs at Montmorency Falls on Monday, so they thought this would be a piece of cake.

 

When they got to the park, they found out that there was a hike, besides the stairs (some times french web sites leave out details in the English translation).  The hike was 6.2 kilometers (that's almost 4 miles!).  There was a cut-off part way, so they decided that they would try it.  They soon found out that the 300 stairs were the ones that are all together that lead into the canyon.  Besides those, there are lots of other “short” sections.  Mom started counting them, but then lost track at 250 stairs, so in all they climbed more than 550 stairs!  and those are just the ones that she counted.  They completed the full 6.2 kilometers and said they enjoyed the hike.  They brought home some photos.

The first falls.

The first falls from further down the trail.

Canadians seem to like to stack rocks. 

The suspension bridge over the canyon.  

It's 205 feet above the canyon and 325 feet long.

View of the canyon from the suspension bridge. 

View of the bridge from the canyon.

Dad decided to make his own stack of rocks.  This is Dad 

with his rocks.  If you go there, look for it!

Another falls.

At the end of the hike, Mom needed to sit down.  

Mom and Dad decided to let Capitaine Homard cook them another dinner and while they were eating, Mom took this photo of our sunset. 

Friday, August 31 – It’s time to bid au revoir to Capitaine Homard and continue on our journey.  I’m thinking about driving the first leg today. 

Dad didn't like my idea, so he drove.  We didn’t get too far down the road and Dad saw an Art Gallery with some outdoor sculpture.  He decided to stop.  It was very interesting, but no explanation.  Mom thinks that it symbolizes the survivors of the Empress of Ireland or maybe some of the other shipwrecks that have occurred in the St. Lawrence Seaway. 

As we continued on, we had lots of nice views of hills/mountains coming down the coast, quaint villages, and farms.     

Tonight we are in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Quebec at a place called Anchre Jaune (Yellow Anchor).  We got in early, so Mom and Dad took a drive out to this waterfall in the Parc National de la Gaspe’sie (Gaspe’sie National Park).

Tomorrow I'll tell you more about Mom and Dad's adventures in Gaspe'sie National Park.