T Stands for More of Forillon Nation Park-Quebec

     Hi everyone. Happy new week to you.  And Happy T Day to everyone who stops by from BLeubeard's and Elizabeth's blog. I'm back with another travel post today from my September road trip to Quebec. I'm still in Forillon National Park like I shared in last week's post (Forillon Part 1), but today's photos are from the south side of the park.

      Once again I apologize for the longer post too.

  One little adventure we had was when we checked out some fishermen who were on a dock. We go mackerel fishing from our boat, and we use multiple hook lines, so you can potentially catch up to 6 fish at one time. Of course you're lucky if you get 2 or 3 at one time, or sometimes even on an entire fishing trip. The first thing we noticed was the different regulations for fishing here. And I learned a new word. When I fish I am a pecheur. 😏

      The biggest part of this adventure however was not the type of hook and line, but who was taking advantage of the fishermen's skill  to grab themselves a little lunch.

I was able to get a great shot of the cormorant.

We also had some more beautiful coastline views.

     There were also hundreds of gannets, a northern seabird, flying around Gaspe Bay. I was happy since I couldn't get to the gannet colony on the island the day before, and it's only on very rare occasions we see one from our boat as we are a little too far south of their usual range. They are really handsome birds.

     There was a small museum too.  Hyman and Sons General store was built in 1864, and according to the ranger I spoke with, it stayed open until 1967. Not only did they have a fascinating exhibit, but we learned a lot of history of the area where the park is located.

And those boxes at the bottom, could be filled with tea.  I had to look it up, but they still make  Salada tea. That's drink one reference for T this week. 

These barrels in the next photo would be filled with dried and salted cod, caught in the Gaspe and then sent out to other places in the world. The front barrel is stamped Naples because they were the biggest buyer of the Gaspe's salt cod. 

     Later in the day we went for a walk down to a waterfall. The maple tree leaves had changed color and a lot had fallen, so I thought this photo was appropriate since Canada's symbol is the red maple leaf.

And here's the waterfall/ La Chute.

And some very cool exposed tree roots.

    And since this is T day, I'm going to share another drink reference. This one isn't very exciting, but here's the little store down the street from our cabin. We stopped here and grabbed a frozen pizza for supper one night. It wasn't the most exciting meal, but it filled our tummies while put up our feet and relaxed. 

If you look carefully at the windows on the left hand side you can see some drink posters in the windows. 

And by relaxing I didn't mean just my husband and myself either.❤😏 Here are my bed buddies that night.

    That's all for me today. Have a happy T day and week ahead.