Our destination today was Tadoussac along supposed scenic route 175 and then a gravel cutoff road to the coast and highway 138. The trip along 175 was scenic, through the granite hills of the Laurentian Mountains and the gravel cutoff road was a good test of the beast with some rough sections, but about 26 kms into our gravel trial road we encountered Pont ferme. That closed bridge destroyed the days plan. We had to backtrack almost to Quebec city before getting onto 138, about 6 hours to be back in QC.

The drive up the coast was an up and down affair as those granite hills continued but the compensation was some great views of the St Lawrence Seaway (Fauve St Laurent) and along one scenic detour (called Chemin de fauve) towns with really interesting quaint houses.

It is interesting to note that we have been paralleling the ship route of the Great Lakes and St Lawrence since we were in Bayfield on 22/7 and the St Lawrence proper since Ottawa. And that today was the first time we got a really good view of the St Lawrence.

We found a nice road side park just north of Malbaie for the night, it had a great view of the St Lawrence.