About 10 years ago my wife and I took off from OHIO, went north into Canada and headed west to Vancouver. The trip was about 8000 miles west through Canada and then back east through the states, Yellowstone, Sturgis and other sites in between. When we got home we both commented that someday we wanted to go back up and head east to complete the cross Canada trip.

That someday was this past Friday, we headed up and crossed at Winsor and headed to the east coast. We are three days into the trip and have crossed Ontario and are into Quebec. We spent Saturday visiting relatives and then continued our adventure over to Drummondville, Quebec traveled on almost all back roads through little communities along the Ottawa River. The scenery through Ontario and Quebec is rolling with thriving farms, lakes, rivers, charming villages, stone houses, and gorgeous old stone churches and court houses.

Today we are heading out to Gaspe Peninsula.

 

Nice, you will like it, it's different...I grew up in New Brunswick so if you are going down south in NB and you get to the Bathurst area....that is my region.
If you have the time take the Coastal route 134 , 11 is pretty boring but a lot quicker...all depends on how much time you have.

 

Thanks, for the info. The map I posted was today, July 4 route. It shows me heading up on Freeway 20 however as soon as we got past Quebec City we jumped over to 132 right along the water. Great ride but you are right about time the 7 hour ride turned in to 14 hours..

 

Yep..Trans Canada is like interstate,,,,but allow about 30% or more time.

 

Day 4 in the books....
Quebec is a big place! 420 miles, 12 hours, and we are still in Quebec. Much of today we were riding along the St. Lawrence River RT 132, through an amazingly lush, richly productive valley. Thousands of acres of hay, corn, other crops thrive alongside dairy and beef farms and cheese factories. But the centerpiece of it all is the magnificent river.
It makes me wonder if the St. Lawrence Seaway is even studied in schools any more. I have no idea...... but I think if anyone saw this river valley in person, they would want to read all about it and would get caught up in the history and value of this waterway. It is a big, wide river that continues to widen and widen as it nears the sea. It is so easy to see how ocean-going ships can easily come inland and the commercial value of the shipping trade.
We stopped and explored a couple of little port towns, met some delightful people who cheerfully and warmly welcomed us, laughing as my wife's pigeon french and their pigeon english finally were perfectly understood on both sides. And once again, every tiny village has a magnificent old stone cathedral at its center. We finally stopped pausing to take pictures of them, as the drive time stretched longer and longer because of all the stops!
We also spotted a number of harp seals resting on rocks out in the water once we reached the sea shore. Unfortunately they wouldn't show up at that distance on the camera, so you'll just have to take my word for them.

Side note, we think HD shirts are expensive in the states, my wife picked up one that was just a tank top...$90.00, she put it down real fast.
Map of Day 5 posted.

 

I grew up in a tiny little plAce called Robertville, you will see the signs for it when you get around Beresford....make sure you get a Poutine somewhere....right now the strawberries are in season there and to me the are better than southern ones...also tryst me sugar pie...trust me they are both good.

 

Oh! Enjoy my little piece of heaven growing up....

 

Is that where you are staying in Petit Rocher? I spent many a night on the beach there...

 

Petit Rocher is tomorrow night, July 5. We have a small B&B booked.

 

It's funny you mention the sugar pie, it was on the menu tonight however the French speaking server could not explain where I could understand what it was so I passed. I will have to give it a try.