On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 19:22:35 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 18:53:14 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:19:33 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 4:11:36 PM UTC-5, wrote:
I see you are working your way out of the St Lawrence.

I talked with him yesterday. All is well and cruising. .

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Yes indeed. We've also had great weather the last two days with light
winds and mid day temperatures approaching 70 degrees. Heat wave. :-)
It would be nice if it lasted a while longer, at least until we get
around the rest of the Gaspé Peninsula and start heading a bit farther
south. We're docked tonight in a commercial fishing harbor called
Matane that offers little in the way of conventional amenities but is
interesting nevertheless. We saw a bunch of whales and seals today,
something we don't get much of in Florida.

https://www.google.com/#q=matane+quebec

https://www.google.com/#q=gaspe+peninsula+

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0utTAiadygIUkT4LIXeoYfKADAn2Dkz os

You are a block from the Quality Inn ;-)

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What kind of dock do they have? :-)

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 19:26:31 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 19:22:35 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 18:53:14 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:19:33 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 4:11:36 PM UTC-5, wrote:
I see you are working your way out of the St Lawrence.

I talked with him yesterday. All is well and cruising. .

===

Yes indeed. We've also had great weather the last two days with light
winds and mid day temperatures approaching 70 degrees. Heat wave. :-)
It would be nice if it lasted a while longer, at least until we get
around the rest of the Gaspé Peninsula and start heading a bit farther
south. We're docked tonight in a commercial fishing harbor called
Matane that offers little in the way of conventional amenities but is
interesting nevertheless. We saw a bunch of whales and seals today,
something we don't get much of in Florida.

https://www.google.com/#q=matane+quebec

https://www.google.com/#q=gaspe+peninsula+

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0utTAiadygIUkT4LIXeoYfKADAn2Dkz os

You are a block from the Quality Inn ;-)

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What kind of dock do they have? :-)

I think it is more of a dinghy thing.

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 19:26:31 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 19:22:35 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 18:53:14 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:19:33 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 4:11:36 PM UTC-5, wrote:
I see you are working your way out of the St Lawrence.

I talked with him yesterday. All is well and cruising. .

===

Yes indeed. We've also had great weather the last two days with light
winds and mid day temperatures approaching 70 degrees. Heat wave. :-)
It would be nice if it lasted a while longer, at least until we get
around the rest of the Gaspé Peninsula and start heading a bit farther
south. We're docked tonight in a commercial fishing harbor called
Matane that offers little in the way of conventional amenities but is
interesting nevertheless. We saw a bunch of whales and seals today,
something we don't get much of in Florida.

https://www.google.com/#q=matane+quebec

https://www.google.com/#q=gaspe+peninsula+

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0utTAiadygIUkT4LIXeoYfKADAn2Dkz os

You are a block from the Quality Inn ;-)

===

What kind of dock do they have? :-)

Actually looking at the aerial, I guess you are at a dock. It is 2
streets down on the left.

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 19:53:10 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 19:26:31 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 19:22:35 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 18:53:14 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:19:33 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 4:11:36 PM UTC-5, wrote:
I see you are working your way out of the St Lawrence.

I talked with him yesterday. All is well and cruising. .

===

Yes indeed. We've also had great weather the last two days with light
winds and mid day temperatures approaching 70 degrees. Heat wave. :-)
It would be nice if it lasted a while longer, at least until we get
around the rest of the Gaspé Peninsula and start heading a bit farther
south. We're docked tonight in a commercial fishing harbor called
Matane that offers little in the way of conventional amenities but is
interesting nevertheless. We saw a bunch of whales and seals today,
something we don't get much of in Florida.

https://www.google.com/#q=matane+quebec

https://www.google.com/#q=gaspe+peninsula+

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0utTAiadygIUkT4LIXeoYfKADAn2Dkz os

You are a block from the Quality Inn ;-)

===

What kind of dock do they have? :-)

Actually looking at the aerial, I guess you are at a dock. It is 2
streets down on the left.

===

This is a very commercial port and there are basically no facilities
for recreational boaters. As a result we ended up on a dock primarily
intended for fishing boats.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tlq1x7erojkaetf/Matane%20Quebec%20IMG_20160728_170222.jpg?dl=0

Finding a good place to stay the night is one of the challenges of
cruising this part of the world. The water is very deep right up to
the shore in most places and protected harbors like this one are few
and far between.

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 21:20:10 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:


This is a very commercial port and there are basically no facilities
for recreational boaters. As a result we ended up on a dock primarily
intended for fishing boats.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tlq1x7erojkaetf/Matane%20Quebec%20IMG_20160728_170222.jpg?dl=0

Finding a good place to stay the night is one of the challenges of
cruising this part of the world. The water is very deep right up to
the shore in most places and protected harbors like this one are few
and far between.

That place looked pretty spartan on the aerial. You should be able to
get bait and ice there tho ;-)

Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 19:53:10 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 19:26:31 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 19:22:35 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 18:53:14 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:19:33 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 4:11:36 PM UTC-5, wrote:
I see you are working your way out of the St Lawrence.

I talked with him yesterday. All is well and cruising. .

===

Yes indeed. We've also had great weather the last two days with light
winds and mid day temperatures approaching 70 degrees. Heat wave. :-)
It would be nice if it lasted a while longer, at least until we get
around the rest of the Gaspé Peninsula and start heading a bit farther
south. We're docked tonight in a commercial fishing harbor called
Matane that offers little in the way of conventional amenities but is
interesting nevertheless. We saw a bunch of whales and seals today,
something we don't get much of in Florida.

https://www.google.com/#q=matane+quebec

https://www.google.com/#q=gaspe+peninsula+

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0utTAiadygIUkT4LIXeoYfKADAn2Dkz os

You are a block from the Quality Inn ;-)

===

What kind of dock do they have? :-)

Actually looking at the aerial, I guess you are at a dock. It is 2
streets down on the left.

===

This is a very commercial port and there are basically no facilities
for recreational boaters. As a result we ended up on a dock primarily
intended for fishing boats.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tlq1x7erojkaetf/Matane%20Quebec%20IMG_20160728_170222.jpg?dl=0

Finding a good place to stay the night is one of the challenges of
cruising this part of the world. The water is very deep right up to
the shore in most places and protected harbors like this one are few
and far between.


Reminds of some of the places we docked at on north Vancouver island.
Government docks, that are really set up for the commercial boats.

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 21:54:30 -0500, Califbill
wrote:


Reminds of some of the places we docked at on north Vancouver island.
Government docks, that are really set up for the commercial boats.

We had that once on a cruise. They dropped us off in a container port
in Guatemala. Most of the people just stayed on the ship. We are a
little more adventurous and we took a navy boat over to a Best Western
across the bay and then went for a hike in the rain forest behind the
"hotel" (actually just a bunch of cabins and a restaurant)
It was one of the coolest excursions we ever took on a cruise.

The town itself is pretty under whelming, They tried to set up a straw
market for the cruise people but it was not Nassau or anything. The
people were very friendly tho and it would have been hard to spend
$20. We had just a $5 beer at the best Western and when we got another
in town and handed the lady a $10, she was wondering if I wanted to
buy her house. I let her keep the change and she gave me a hat.

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Best%20Western%20Guatemala.jpg

I have a picture around here somewhere (not on my computer) of Judy
standing next to a kid with a machine gun.

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 21:20:10 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

I see you are coming around the bend.

On Sat, 30 Jul 2016 13:09:26 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 21:20:10 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

I see you are coming around the bend.

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Yes, we're headed south now, south to Nova Scotia that is. Not a
minute too soon either. The wind is howling today and we had the
electric blanket on last night. Up on the flybridge I'm wearing two
fleece jackets, a ski hat and gloves.

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Yes, we're headed south now, south to Nova Scotia that is. Not a
minute too soon either. The wind is howling today and we had the
electric blanket on last night. Up on the flybridge I'm wearing two
fleece jackets, a ski hat and gloves.
.....

Really? That cool in July?