The St. Lawrence River Coast

Traveling back from PEI to Quebec City, we took the coastal road along the St. Lawrence River,

The weather was rainy, but we stopped from time to time to walk around.

At one point I noticed a motel called the Gaspesiana... We had stayed there a few years before with a young couple - friends of my son who were visiting from Germany. I had taken pictures of beautiful sunrises and sunsets... Our young friend, Caro - a dietitian - had organized wonderful picnic breakfasts on the beach for the four of us. Wonderful memories! One day we had visited the Reford Gardens...

I looked for the picnic table where we had sat... This wouldn't have been a good day for a picnic.

A ways down the road later we stopped at a marine museum...

It wasn't open yet for tourist season. Terry was disappointed - he had hoped to tour the submarine which was part of the museum display.... So we continued on.

Later we came across a cheese factory with wonderful cheeses (and baked goods).

It had stopped raining, so we had a simple picnic - cheese curds and bread - on a picnic table overlooking the river.

You never know what you'll find when you leave the highway and take the back roads!

If we ever bought a cottage, this is where I'd want to buy it - in one of these tiny old towns on the St. Lawrence River, I said.