Ste Anne de Monts, Quebec

Shades of Liverpool, the motel near Quebec city gave us chips for breakfast. From the waitress there I also learnt that a hamburger with the lot is all dressed!

We drove through Quebec city, but intend spending time there on our return towards Montreal. We crossed the St Lawrence at Quebec and for the last two days have been pottering along the south shore. There are nearly continuous little settlements along the coast. It is pretty, but not spectacular. The beaches are rocky or marshy, but there are lots of birds and I understand the fishing is good. The older houses are wooden, well maintained - often with carved bargeboards and verandahs.

The roads are nearly empty and the Canadian drivers are very courteous, so driving is not stressful. As we come East there is more colour in the trees, but not yet my imagined "Fall Colour".

We hear very little English, but most people can switch to English if asked.

Tonight we are staying in a lovely motel. Our room has a picture window looking over the Gulf of St Lawrence and this afternoon while we drank our coffee, we were entertained by half a dozen windsurfers

Carved bargeboard in St Jean Pont Joli

The lighthouse at Pointe au Pere. Near here, The Empress of Ireland went down in 1911 with the loss of over 1000 immigrants.

Beginnings of Fall colours along the St Lawrence

Rowanberries

It should be easy for me to find the all night service stations

Windsurfers in Ste Anne de Monts

I have never noticed chimneys on a church before. It must get cold in Ste Anne de Monts