Wayward Newlyweds – Day 16: Trois-Rivières

La Belle Province

We got going at a reasonable time today. The storm that Dodd predicted never actually appeared so we didn’t have to deal with damp window covers which was nice! We packed up and were ready to go fairly quickly with a snack and protein bar breakfast again. We were aiming for Prevost, which is a small town outside of Montreal. We had a nice starting drive with our Road Trippin playlist. We got to see a bobcat pad across the road! It was very brown, with a short stubby tail and pointed ears. Definitely not a house cat or coyote.

In terms of landscape, Quebec at this point is very like Ontario. Lot’s of trees and rocks and water. It was quite pretty and we had beautiful weather. However, we soon learned that Quebec does not take great care of their highways. There was a constant ‘thump thump’ from the road sections and tons of potholes. We also had our first real close call with a stupid driver. Through out the day we figured that Quebec drivers are a bit of a bread apart…very aggressive.

We had planned on stopping at a truck stop kind of place for the night. However, after looking again at our planned stop we had second thoughts. All of the truck stops we had seen so far would have been fine for a Motor home or a trailer or something. But our little Fit Camper would have been very exposed. Dodd was feeling up to it so we decided to keep driving until close to Trois-Rivières where there was a rest stop that was a bit more secluded. It was a long drive, but music and chatting kept us going pretty well through the day. When we got to the stop we discovered there were no toilets. Not even a pit or port-a-potty. We went on another 10 mins down the road and found a bathroom, but it wasn’t a place to stay the night so back we went to the rest stop. We had to set up in the dark, and our neighbours were probably not super happy when I accidentally set off the car alarm trying to roll down the windows.

We had phone service for once so we ended up staying up pretty late playing games and getting blog posts together. Over all not our best day of travel, but it got us closer to Quebec City which was nice!

Cheers

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