St. Anne des Monts to Riviere au Renard

The weather forecast is not looking good for the weekend so we decided to rise very early Saturday morning (430 am) to get underway by 5 am.  Our goal was to get to Riviere au Renard before 11 am.  Wind and rain were coming and we wanted to get there and tied up before it hit.  There were several small ports before Riviere au Renard but they are all federal wharves with no power and water and we may have to tie up and wait out the weather for a few days.  So, we decided to do another 90 nautical mile day to get to Riviere au Renard.

Noah was great on the 6 hour journey, he slept for a few hours, played and watched a movie.  After we arrived though he let us know that he does not really like the long 90 nm days.  Good thing we will be staying here a few days.  It is raining, windy and cold so it looks like we will be here until Tuesday.

Riviere au Renaud is a more industrial fishing town.  There is still a very active crab and shrimp fishery here so the port has about 12 long liners tied up to the wharf.  They have built a little marina with power and nice new docks.  The marina is very sheltered so this will be a good place to stay in bad weather.  It is quite cold.  We had to turn on the heat and dig out every piece of warm clothing we have.

Expect for the fact that it is french speaking, this town is very much like Newfoundland.