Ed and I are both up early breaking camp. We've got a 360 mile drive today from Labrador City to the Quebec town of Baie Comeau on the St. Lawrence.
Before 8:00AM, we're pulling out of the campground and heading to Fermont for coffee and fuel.
t is difficult to believe that there could be a worse stretch of highway than that which we have already driven...but the road out of Fermont is terrible...more gravel road with potholes, but a narrower road...and lots of sharp curves...excellent. So...it's slow going all day...plus many stops crossing back over the same railroad tracks all the way down from Northern Quebec. After a hundred miles or so, we get fifty miles of broken pavement...then more gravel...then bad pavement again. But the last fifty miles or so is decent pavement, so it's pretty smooth going.
Around 6:00PM, we finally reach Baie Comeau...a town that is much bigger than we expected.
Our campground is out on a point high above the St. Lawrence...a nice spot. Cocktails are our reward for the tough drive...and we make up yet another batch of pasta for dinner.
We have returned to civilization...and...tomorrow Quebec City beckons with big-city dining and much history. It could not come sooner for us.
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