Hearst Ontario to Amos Quebec 320 miles
The morning is sunny with only a few clouds in the sky. The woodie still doesn’t want to start. A guy who we think lives in the apartment across the parking lot offered to pull the car. They only had to go a short distance thank goodness. Then its off to the gas station. This was a full service station but Rob still fills it himself. Most of the kids that do the gas don’t have a clue where the gas tank is. This guy’s native language is French so explaining was more difficult. The manager came out to take a picture and talk a little. His native language was also French. We are in a different environment. Near the end of town is a big statue of a cross cut saw cutting a log. May have to do with the fact that a sawmill is located here. The stack of logs is quite large. We drive along one of the major roads for about two thirds of the day. That means lots of semi trucks. However, most of the trucks are headed west. Road crews are working on the road in several places so we had to wait our turn to go. The population is greater here. More houses and small communities. Amazing though how many of those small communities don’t have gas stations. We turned off the main highway onto a lesser road. Still paved however. The number of semis has reduced so that is a good thing. We also saw a couple of signs for horse drawn buggies. We didn’t see any but there must be some Amish in the area. The road now goes up and down a lot. Not big hills but lots or little ones. Feels like an easy going roller coaster. We did see more stacks of split wood that appeared to be for sale. I know if I lived in this area I would like a fire place. We took a short break near an RV park that was located near a lake. We walked down to the lake to stretch our legs. A very small beach was at the end of the road. Several ducks were sitting at the water’s edge. Several of the trailers looked as though they stayed a long time. They had wooden decks and screened in areas. Bet the mosquitos get bad at times. The sky has gotten very cloudy. First with huge fluffy clouds and then really really black clouds. It starts to sprinkle and then a wall of water hits. No way the windshield wiper can keep up. Thank goodness the road had white lines on the side. Gradually the rain lessened. We even came to a stretch where no rain had fallen. All the rest of the way we went in and out of rain. When we got to town we were in another major downpour. The car is starting to sputter because so much water was getting to the engine. Of course the hotel was difficult to find. We had to turn around and find a different route. The car died when we pulled into the parking spot. We waited in the car for the rain to ease before checking in. Several big claps of thunder occurred. The lightning must have been really close. We have driven approximately 6,500 miles on a lot of bumpy roads on this trip so far.
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