We remained at the dock in Matane for an extra day to wait out strong winds on the river. We spent the day doing mundaine things, like clean the boat, laundry, groceries and walked into town to find the boulongerie where we picked up fresh croissants and raisin brioche. We capped the day off with a roast of lamb for dinner. Very yummy!

The next morning we motored the entire day because we had no wind. We were now truly in the Gaspe and the scenery was beautiful. The high hills are at the end of the Appalachian Mountains and the scale is hard to describe. The cars driving on the seaside road looked like ants.

Late in the afternoon we arrived at Mont Louis, a small Gaspesian fishing harbour and dropped the anchor. The guide books had warned that this particular harbour was subject to katabatic winds during the summer. And it was pretty much exactly as they described. In the evening the winds were calm, but shortly after sunset, the winds started to blow down the high hills and into the valley to funnel out the harbour. The winds blew 15-20 knots for the entire night. It was a little noisy, but the anchor held well so we had a good sleep.

Today we motored again because winds were light and we made it as far as Riviere-au-Renard, a busy commercial fishing village. When we asked the marina staff where the grocery store was, she gave us both directions and the keys to her car to get there. Trust is a wonderful thing!