Continuing to criss-cross the Gaspé Peninsula

 Yesterday I rode from Matane to Campbellton New Brunswick on Highway 132, a route that, for a long way, follows the course of the Matapedia River, another famous salmon river in the Gaspé. 

Though we do not see any in the pictures I have posted in this blog, I can assure you that there are many fly fishers who stand in the shallow waters along, or on boats on these rivers trying to catch salmon. 

Another frequent sight along the roads in this area are wind turbines, sometimes in dense clusters on the tops of mountains in the Appalachian range that extends beyond the Chic Chocs to the tip of peninsula. 

I do not know what percentage of the electricity used in the region is generated by these turbines but it certainly has to be a significant source of Green Energy.

Now it is time to continue with our list of motorcycling hazards. I would like to add the following:

Note that in New Brunswick, the first photo, a moose is called Attention (with an exclamation point) while in Québec, as we are informed on other large roadside signs, it is called Imprévisible. As we have learned in previous trips through Québec, the no less formidable albeit smaller threat is called Prudence and is shown here in its classic leaping onto the roadway in front of an unsuspecting rider pose.

Last night I stayed at Maison McKenzie, a fine B&B in Cambellton owned and operated by Michel Bujold who is helped by his 94 year old mother who as it turns was a teacher for a short time in Miguasha, a suburb if one can call it that of Nouvelle, my mother’s birthplace. Michel and I chatted as he served me breakfast before I set out for today’s ride along part of the Appalachian Range Route, essentially a modern logging route that goes through vaste areas where, but for the borders next to the highway itself, whole forests have been clear cut. Avoiding the Trans-Canada highway I followed some smaller side roads from Saint-Léonard, through Grand Falls and Perth-Andover, to Plaster Rock where I have a motel room for the night.

For those of you who have followed my Retirement Rides blog over the years you know that I try to fill you in on the meals I have along the way. While there have been a few excellent meals along the way, which I have mentioned, the truth is that, thus far, this trip has not been a gastronomic adventure. For example today's meals consisted of pancakes at the B&B, a burger, fries and a milkshake at 

in Perth-Andover as there was no other option, and a plastic-wrapped submarine sandwich and a can of V8 from the service station in Plaster Rock.  Oh well, things should pick up tomorrow as I head back to the South Shore of the St-Lawrence.