Quebec City, QB September 1 -- Forillon, QB September 11
Old Quebec City
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Stella and the gardens in front of the House of Parliament |
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An easy way to get around |
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Part of the wall surrounding the old city; the only walled city in North America |
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St Louis Avenue leading into the Old City |
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Commemorating Quebecers who died in South Africa for the British Empire during the Anglo Boer War |
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Detail with the above: Not by the power of Commerce, Art or Pen shall our Great Empire stand ....... |
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A narrowed St Louis Avenue |
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A statue of Samuel de Champlain appears to salute the hotel Chateau Frontenac |
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Funiculair provides transport from upper tp lower city viewed from above .... |
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And from below |
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Ferries providing transfer between city and an island in the St Lawrence |
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Street artists' exhibits |
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Live flowers and plants display |
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Picturesque sidewalk |
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Recognizable Chateau Frontenac rises above rooftops |
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More plants and flowers on display |
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Stella admiring an old maison with wooden stairs and balcony |
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Street café in a charming setting |
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One of many painted murals with Fickie immortalized: the Fresque des Quebecois |
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Portion of Rue du Petit Champlain |
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Neighboring campers with dogs in Berniers campground, Quebec City |
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Returning to Old City via Old Bridge across St Lawrence .... |
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Paralleling the New Bridge |
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Another large fresque |
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Stairs connecting uneven street layout |
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Typical Quebec wood carving in Canadian Walnut for sale |
Orleans Island
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Quebec City viewed from the Island |
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Local entrepreneur with mostly 'poutine', unique Canadian French fries |
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North-eastern confluence of St Lawrence with Chanal de Ile d'Orleans |
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Basilique Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre built in 1934, exterior .... |
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Interior |
Parc National du Bic, Rimouski, September 6-- September 8
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Havre du Bic view from camp site at Parc National du Bic |
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High tide at camp ground |
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River view at camp ground |
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Havre du Bic at low tide |
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Riviere-du-Sud-Quest next to our camp site |
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On hiking trail in Parc du Bic .... |
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Bear food along the trail |
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Irresistible repeat photo opportunity .... |
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And another |
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Close by farmstead .... |
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With adjacent fields |
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En route to vista in Parc du Bic .... |
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Willem at Belvedere Raoul-Roy bird watching site |
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Saint-Fabien-sur-mer .... |
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Take two .... |
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And aiming the other way |
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Wild flowers |
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Havre du Bic in another mood .... |
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And direction .... |
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Along hiking trail .... |
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Anse aux Bouleaux-Est .... |
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And yurt at Camp Les Anses |
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Neighbor Skip's teardrop camper from Ontario |
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Thirty meter part of wind mill blade exhibited along the way to Forilon |
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Exercise opportunity at rest stop |
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Fickie in Honey Who Shrunk the Kids mode |
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Small sample of wind mills by the hundreds along the route |
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Ever increasing beauty of scenery towards Gaspe on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence .... |
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And more of the same |
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Adventurously found campsite at Petit-Gaspe -- Forillon |
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On hiking trail to Cap-Gaspe .... |
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Continue ... |
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And continue .... |
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To another cove |
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Underbrush on top of the ridge .... |
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Close to the start of the Appalachian Trail |
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Fickie braving an unexpected chill gust at Lands End |
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Sailing ship figure heads in Gaspe |
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Café des Artistes land mark in Gaspe |
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Susan's birthday lunch in Brises Marine Restaurant .... |
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With cod and fries |
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Cap-Bon-Ami in the mist, south ... |
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And north |
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Parting sighting of fox in Forillon |
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Scene at Perce ... |
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Pierced rock arch at Perce |
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