There were 5 other boats stranded there as well so on Wednesday evening the marina organized a potluck for the boaters. Later that evening there was a local band that played at the marina. They have entertainment every Wednesday and Thursday night and about 50 locals attended the show. Noah loved it and faithfully accompanied the band for every song on his ukelele. He would have been happy to stay again Thursday night for the band but thankfully we were able to leave Thursday morning.
The conditions were not stellar, but they were good enough to get going. There was still fog, but at least the wind had changes and the waves had calmed considerably. (One sail boat reported 9 feet waves on Tuesday). When we left Thursday there were 2 other boats also heading to Gaspe. Given the fog we could only travel at 7 knots and there were about 3 foot waves. Noah and Christine both were seasick so it was a long 4 hours to Gaspe.
The scenery in this region is quite stunning, but unfortunately due to the fog we were not able to see much nor capture any photos. We were just happy to finally be on our way. We arrived in Gaspe early afternoon to more rain. Gaspe is a service town, quite large with lot's of amenities, but definitely lacking in the charm of some of the other places we have visited. There was however a McDonald's so Noah was thrilled about that.
The crew was weary after the rough journey and we were fed up with the rain so it was early to bed for all of us.
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