August 1, 2013 Day 71 Gulf of St. Lawrence and the stunning Gaspe' Peninsula
L’Anse-a-Beaufils Marina
Anse-a-Beaufils, Quebec, Canada
What a fun day! We left our anchorage with Outbound and Esmeralda at 7:45 and traveled about 38 miles in very calm water.
(Right before we left, Richard came over by dinghy and surprised us with
delicious cinnamon buns. He and Shannon had gone into town last night and found
a great bakery!)
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| Outbound ahead of us on this beautiful coastline! |
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| Cap de Rosier Lighthouse |
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| Carried Away at Gaspe Peninsula |
The scenery was spectacular again today with
mountains, lighthouses, cliffs, villages, rocks, and wildlife. (When we get to a marina with wifi, we have
some wonderful photos to share.)
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| Outbound passing Perce' Rock |
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| The striking gannets abound here. Thanks to Lisa for sharing her photo. |
We are no longer on the St. Lawrence River
but entered the Gulf of St. Lawrence about noon. We passed the famous Perce’
Rock (Rochere Perce’) which means pierced. This huge rock has a large hole in
it – like a tunnel. We each took turns taking pictures of each other’s boats by
it. On the other side of the rock is
Bonadventure Island, home to thousands of gannets, the world’s largest colony
of these nesting seabirds.
By 1:15 we arrived at L’Anse-a-Beaufils
marina and managed to find a slip. These marinas are very small and have their
own resident boats with few transient slips. They call their docks “landing
stages” here! We did not have a water
hook up and only managed to find a 15 amp outlet – so we could at least run the
refrigerator and a few lamps. There is
no wifi here!
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| Lisa and Joyce found many shells and sea glass here |
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| Lisa |
Lisa found a wonderful beach nearby and
invited Joyce to join her. They had the best time walking along the beach and
were thrilled to find good sea glass among the shells and rocks! That was an unexpected treasure and it was a
relaxing afternoon off the boat.
We cooked dinner on the grill and added a
huge tossed salad. Joyce worked on editing photos and Bill did chart plotting.
We called it another early evening.
