Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Day 65: Berthier-Sur-Mer to St. Andre-de-Kamouraska (T.D.: 118.8km; S.T.: 5h02min)


After a delightful sleep in a big blue bed in a warm and dry room, we were fed an amazing breakfast by our B&B host, Marc – a man who knows his way around the kitchen, let me tell you! He’s a keeper, that’s for sure. Well-sated, we were on the road by 9:20 under sunny skies with a cool, early-Autumn breeze at our backs. This part of the province is truly beautiful, and we enjoyed the scenery immensely. The river and mountains to our left was an unchanging backdrop as the unique landscape of the Kamouraska region on our left morphed from rolling farmland to Canadian Shield rocky outcroppings with dramatic peaks and valleys and back again. 
The small town of Kamouraska itself was a highlight, perched as it is on one of these little Shield mountains overlooking the river. The brightly coloured houses and eel-fishing traps in the water below made it familiarly “east coast” while still feeling quite exotic. We camped for the night at a rock-climbing park in St. Andre called SEBKA, setting up our tent and making dinner like the well-oiled machine that we now are, and enjoyed a very crisp and cool night, dreaming of home.

Av. Spd.: 19.6 km/h
Mx. Spd.: 38.8 km/h
Nicest tourism official: The lady outside of St. Andre who said we spoke very good French!

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