51!

11 August,  Happy Birthday Timothy!

We left Levis, QC and headed northeast along Canadian Hwy 20/132.  Once you get off of 20, highway 132 is a very picturesque drive along the St Lawrence Seaway.  Our first stop was in Rimouski, where there was a lighthouse and Roger toured the Onondaga, which is a retired Canadian diesel submarine.   The lighthouse is listed as "a rare octagonal concrete lighthouse, finished in 1909 and is 108 feet tall."

 

Roger did some NATO work with submarines of the same class as the Conondaga, which was decommed in 1998.  There was a 45 minute self-guided tour that Roger enjoyed, as well as being amused by people trying to figure out how to operate hatches and duck their heads when stepping through the hatches.  Fortunately I had “Gone Girl”, so I was kept occupied reading while Roger was touring.  From Rimouski we continued on 132 Est through the dairy and farmland.  Crops have changed to wheat, soy, and canola, as well as hay for the milkers.  We stopped at a Formagerie du Litorral and bought some local cheese which was $39/kg which converts to $17.72/lb.  I skipped the cheese curd, because I have tried it before and didn’t really care for it plus the small cheese wedge was so pricey.  We stopped at the grocery store as well and walked away with very little to show for our $50. 

We’re spending the night outside of Cap Chat at a campground right on the coast.  It is a windy, sunny 62 degrees.  Surf is definitely up on the St. Lawrence and there’ll be no need for the ac once again.  I would guess we’ve seen over 100 windtricity windmills along 132.

The campground has lobster fest going on right now.  We ordered one pound of lobster that is cooked and can be picked up at a requested time.  The price for one pound was $19.  I had bought corn on the cob, so this evening’s menu is going to be lobster and corn.  I’m sure I’ll be picking it for the both of us, since like chicken; lobster should be easy to eat according to Roger.