The last 2 days have been the best we have had so far! We are now heading south and are in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and tomorrow we will cross Chaleur Bay and enter New Brunswick.



We left St. Anne des Mont at about 0530 to do a 90 mile trip to Grand Riviere. The winds were finally calm and we actually were looking forward to a full day of motoring! Yes, even Bruce! We had just settled into the trip and were in the cockpit having our breakfast and happily listening to he hum of the engine when we heard a huge swooshing sound. We both immediately perked up and looked outside just in time to see a huge whale surface right beside the boat! It startled us and unfortunately we did not think about getting our camera as we were too intent watching him roll and spout beside our boat. We saw many other porpoises and whales along the way but none as close as this one. We need to get a better camera as ours just cannot capture them in the water as the water is just so dark and so are the whales. We arrived in Riviere au Renard at 1830 and anchored in the large harbor for the night so we could again get an early start to take advantage of the currents.



We left Riviere au Renard at 630 this time as we had a hard time getting our anchor up as it was buried in mud and weeds. Again this was a very smooth trip with some of the best scenery yet! The Gaspe is just beautiful and again I would love to travel it by car and spend more time in the little villages and try some of the great seafood restaurants. We didn`t see as much sea life but did see a bunch of seals sitting on a rock. The lighthouse at Cap des Rosier was great. It is the tallest in Canada and I will post a picture when I can load the pictures on my computer. Right now I am using the computer at the marina we are in. The caps on the Forillon Peninsula were breathtaking. From here we went on to Perce Rock which is one of Canada`s most famous and most photographed landmarks. It is 290 feet height with red cliffs and a large hole at the eastern end. What a sight! We continued our trip and went into Grande Riviere but could not find a place to stay so we went an extra 8 miles to Chandler which is a great little marina.



Tomorrow we will cross the bay and again have a 90 mile day which will take us to New Brunswick. We haven`t decided where we will keep the boat while we go home but will make a few phone calls to a couple of places outside of Moncton. Hope the weather continues to co-operate! I also hope we can get some pictures out soon too. Muriel, we should be around your area by the 5th of July and leave after we get back which will be about the 13 of July. Is your friend in the yacht club or the marina? Hope to see you there if you come back.