Alma Quebec to Portneuf Sur Mer Quebec 168 miles
Today is mostly sunny with a ring of big puffy clouds all around the horizon. Today is a light mileage day. The towns we would like to go are booked full due to a world title cycling race. We have a request out for an Air B&B but haven’t heard back. Connie got concerned about the planned route. She found a write up that said the road was very bad with very few services. Fine for a modern car perhaps if you don’t care about it. We studied the maps and decided to talk to the Visitors center. So after our morning tow we headed out. We found the center but the girl there really didn’t know anything about the road nor the ferries we were considering as another option. We eventually found the information on our own and attempted a booking. Later in the day Rob got an email saying their cruises were all booked for the year. We didn’t think that was what we were booking but they did. The Air B&B message came back confirming our booking. So now we can hit the road. This a bigger metropolitan area so more traffic. They have very different traffic lights. They are horizontal and have a red light on each end. Probably a carryover from the French trader days. The flow of traffic is also different. It’s a pretty drive through farm land, towns and beside waterways. Quite a few tall hills to climb and descend. Glad I don’t have to drive these in the winter. Summer is bad enough. Quebec Provence has a law that during the winter cars registered here must have snow tires on. All weather tires aren’t acceptable. We found the house where we have a room. Turns out we pretty much have the run of the house. Looks like the owner is remodeling as time and money permit. He did let us use the washer and dryer so that was good. We bought hamburgers and fries from a permanent food truck down the road. Once the sun goes down the temperature really drops. Rob spent the evening trying to book a ferry. We may be down to plan D. The ferries we would like best are booked full. An observation: in western Canada written material has English with French subtitles. In Ontario written material has French with English subtitles. In Quebec written material is in French only.
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