So after a quiet night apart for a couple of times when we experienced a gentle rocking at the tide changes ,we woke up to another sunny day! Perhaps this will be an Indian Summer after all!
After breakfast we headed just round the corner to view the Virgin Mary Statue sitting high on the rocky Cap Trinite which is at the entrance of Bay Eternite . She was placed there in 1881 .Also slightly higher stands a wooden cross. After viewing and taking a few photos , we headed down to the entrance of the Saguenay Fjord on glassy waters .No current or wind to bother us.
Part way down we were passed by a big passenger ship heading upstream. Still didn't see one whale!
Arrived after two hours into Tadoussac Marina , just around the corner of the fjord entrance .
Sean was there to help us with fuel and pump out .This Marina is fairly small , they don't take reservations and Graeme had to do some tight maneuvering to turn the boat around and get both fuel tanks filled.Their pump hoses were very short.
Then off to an outside slip and Sean gets our a measuring tape to measure the full length of our boat from tip of anchor to end of dingy! That was a first! Off course it's always a bit longer than the official length the boat is .In our case 48 ft. So we had to add on another 8 inches!
Sean bringing a fountain of information , explained to me the reason why there are only 3 mooring balls left in the Bay Eternite where we had just come from. Sean said there was a petition going to get some more added again .
Apparently in the past people abused them by tying up three boats on one ball or putting very large heavy boats on them and then they would break or they would have to cut the lines, when a difficulty arose.Sad news that some boaters can be irresponsible like that.
We set off to check out the town .The largeTadoussac Hotel dominates the hill where the town sits,so we made a visit there and also the oldest wooden church in Nth America close by.
Then time to find the town bakery.We decided a nice fresh French style baguette with cheese , pate and wine would be our dinner onboard tonight. After that we checked out the interesting restaurants and a few shops .
Later in the afternoon , we did the coastal walk in the hope we might see some whales.We went armed with our binoculars but after an hour of patiently waiting and watching , still no whales came into sight.
One young man was on a rock on the peninsula playing his trumpet . Kind of a Kenny G sound .Maybe he thought he could coax the whales to come and play!
We ended up at the whale interactive center to have a look see.Then back to enjoy our light dinner and the rest of the sunny day before the sun set.
Over and Out,
S and S
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