Saturday July 13

Last night our campground near Quebec City was mostly full. After supper we walked around most of it and found only one other non Quebec license plate. A couple from Edmonton, Alberta.

Once up and jumped started with coffee then breakfast we head out finding a large grocery store stocking supplies for our travels along the more remote areas heading towards Labrador. Our route is along the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River as it widens becoming the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The first hour after leaving Quebec City traffic is heavy but over time it thins out and we make tracks. Temperatures in Quebec City quickly rose towards eighty degrees but as we traveled further north and east the temperature continued on a downward trend. At the end of travels today around 5 pm the temperature was 59 degrees. No worries tonight in sleeping with it too hot!

At one point our route rose to well over 2000 feet elevation and a few minutes later we are back at sea level. We’re camped close to where we leave the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and head due north 600 km to Labrador City. Parts will be paved while others gravel. We don’t expect to make long distances each day for the next several days.