Day 26 - Perce', Q.C.

Bonjour!!  It is Monday, June 25 and we are happy that it isn't raining, at least yet.  The Staff  supplied coffee this morning while we had our travel briefing which was so nice of them.  Because of all the rain, everyone was a little concerned about moving the rigs but it all turned out well.  We are only driving 62 miles so there was no hurry in leaving except we heard that Perce' is a beautiful seaside village so we were all on the move within the hour.

 
It didn't take long for the short drive but the sights were still very nice.  However, no moose again!  We drove along the shores of the Bay of Gaspe' and as you can see the water was very calm.  One of the supposed highlights was the Aqua Church - color only - no significant meaning.  The roads were up and down hills the entire way but nothing like our entry into this village of l7% downgrade.  Thank goodness it wasn't a long distance down but it was right into the city as per the bottom right picture.  Don't want to overheat the breaks at that point.

This is our view from our campground, The Bay of Perce', another quaint little village with a lot of places to eat and shop.  The Perce' Rock in the top right corner and a tour boat in front of the arch within the rock.  There are a couple of huge houses with one heck of a great view.  We were all thrilled with the way the day turned out because we had mist on the way here but then the sun came out and all was well in the world. Would have hated to have missed such a view.

Picture of the Day - Doesn't this look like a picture you would see on a puzzle?  I think it is so cool!

Thrill of my day was seeing more whales.  They were just below our campground playing around.  I was told they are a Minke Whale, which is a smaller whale.  Below with the sailboat, in the corner of the picture is another Minke.  Then there is Rod hamming it up w/a full grown Gannet.  The real birds are in the middle picture.  There are thousands of these birds in this area.  I will go in more detail tomorrow because we are taking a boat to the Bonaventure Island which is a Bird Sanctuary.  We also saw a cruise ship in the distance - not sure where it was coming from or where it was going but always nice to see.

After Happy Hour, dinner, and dessert at Patty's, the lights came on in the village so I thought I would go out and try to take a picture - not too bad - so I thought I would share.  I love the reflection of the lights on the water.

Tomorrow will be a busy day on the Island so will close for tonight.  Hope you had a good day and will have a better one tomorrow on Mardi (Tuesday).  Bonsoir (Good evening) once again.