Tim wakes at 6, shoots the mountain in pink morning light before going on a forest hike. After a couple of minutes he doesn’t feel his ears anymore, luckily this is fixed by putting on his hood. The rest wakes up at 7, we pack our bags and say: goodbye snow! We have a 500km drive to Ottowa ahead of us.
On the way, spot more karibu and many trucks. One tiny stone from one truck smashes on our front window, leaving a small scratch.
We stop in Trois Rivieres to have Poutine for lunch in a simple restaurant. Quebec is famous for this dish and we did not try it yet. It’s fries with cheese and gravy. Not the healthiest option but at least we blend with the locals. It tastes as it sounds, so we don’t need to eat anything more and have probably thickened our arteries a couple of milimeters.
We see many geese flying over, the migration has started, we were just a couple of days early with our visit to Cap Tourmente. Suddenly we see a clear white field, our first thought is that the show stayed perfect white here but then we notice that it are thousands of snow gooses. We leave the high way and drive through the mud, nearly getting stuck, to take the pictures below.
As we are getting closer to Ottawa the snows steadily disappears. Only surviving in the shadows of hills and trees. We stop at Montebello for refreshments and a short hike to two “castles”. One is the house of a famous 19th century politician and the other a huge wooden railroad hotel.
Back on the road it’s an hour to our apartment in Gatineau on the other side of the Ottawa river and within walking distance of all the sites. Tim will explore the sights tonight while the rest will head to bed after diner.
