Day 13 - St. Fulgence to St. Jerome, QC

These are the celebrity sightings we’ve seen during our trip:

The actor who played Mr. Peterman on Seinfeld in the pizza place Ludlow, VT where we had lunch.

Richard Branson cruising in a corvette in downtown Bar Harbor.

David Beckham in the bar (during ladies night, hmm…) at Boeuf Cochon where we ate dinner tonight, our last evening in Canada.

We neither confirm nor deny the accuracy of these sightings, but all three of us agree on them so it must be fact.

We woke today being able to see across the fjord and take in some of the great views socked in by fog last night when we arrived. Blue sky was starting to peek through the clouds and gray.

Breakfast was scenic and delicious at the hotel. We had a leisurely breakfast and each kind of dragged a bit from the ride the day before. We headed out around 9:30am.

Our day today was filled with great sightseeing for more than 200 of the 340 miles.

The first section included dense evergreen forests and sharp mountain ranges with surprise lakes and ponds around the corner.

Here is the quirky picture of the day.

We enjoyed this scenery for a long while and temperatures were cool but very pleasant. We felt we deserved this perfect weather and scenery after yesterday’s deluge.

Our first break was a gas station near Berthiaville. They actually had a decent selection of wines on display. Still 100% French speaking, we conversed with single words “Gas on 6” to pay. 

Continuing on, we eventually stopped for lunch around 12:15 in the town of La Tuque at the Italian pizzeria. This town was all about the paper mill, we could smell it! Luckily the waiter quickly realized we spoke no French even though we could mostly figure out the menu with some English words. The locals were also there finishing their lunches. At 1:00 as we were eating our lunch, all the locals left. We figure they had a set lunch hour from Noon-1pm and had to be back at work.

After lunch, temps were getting toasty and we headed back out to the great scenery. The highway took us along rocky mountains beside the St. Maurice river.

       

Our final gas stop was about 90 miles from our destination. Afterwards, it was around this time that traffic picked up, 4-pm or so. The GPS also alerted us to severe traffic in the Montreal area so Rob diverted us off the highway onto a scenic road that went by lush farmland.

We got to our hotel around 6:30pm.