Never Trust the Weather Person

Well, we had a few things planned today, including a boat trip out to a bird sanctuary and our first attempt at zip-lining. We woke up to a dull, damp morning, but it looked as though the rain that was forecast had passed through during the night. Depending on which forecast you read the rest of the day was going to be:

• Cool and dry
• Wet and warm
• Sunny with cloudy periods and showers
• Cloudy with sunny periods and showers
• Any combination of the above

We headed off for breakfast, and the rain started, although there were promising light patches and the occasional patches of blue sky out over the St. Lawrence. Unfortunately these clear patches disappeared very fast.

After breakfast we headed out to our first stop an UNESCO Geo-Parc, where among other things were the zip lines. As we got closer the clouds got darker and the rains got heavier. For good measure Mother Nature threw in some thunder and lightning as well!

The rain continued on and off as we drove through what would have been spectacular scenery. Our next planned stop was Percé Rock, a small island in the St Lawrence that is a bird sanctuary, populated with a multitude of Gannets. Well that didn’t happen either as the weather was still bad AND the boats weren’t running!

The images below show the rock from different locations, it is the one with the arch.

So with the previous two visits a bust, we come to the new highlight of the trip…… fire hydrants! The small town of Paspebiac has painted its fire hydrants, see a selection below.

And just for Lyn a fire hydrant wearing a kilt!

We slowly wandered on towards the hotel with the weather not improving along the way, more rain, thunder and lightning.

For some reason we were both expecting the auberge we had booked to be a little “iffy”, we were wrong! The only issue we had with it was the fact it was located between two streets, one way above it and the other below it. Which ever way we chose, there were a large number of steps to negotiate!

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So far we have been lucky with rooms, they have been spacious and two out of three have had separate living areas. Tomorrows forecast is as bad as todays, so we’ll see what happens.