Day Eleven Fredericton
to Quebec City
Another day, another
long journey. This time from Fredericton to Quebec City, about a 5 hour drive. This
trip however was too be broken up by two exciting events, but I’m getting ahead
of myself.
Leaving the
provincial capital of New Brunswick behind, we headed off to Quebec, first
breaking our trip at Hartland so we could drive across the world’s longest
covered bridge. Then for a stop at the Grand falls on the Saint John River and
our first bit of excitement; zip lining across the gorge. Zip lining is where
you are suspended below a cable and zoom from one end to the other. This line
went one way across the gorge and you come back via another line. Once I saw
it, it was a definite must do. Natasha was up for it at first but then opted
out, but what surprised Chelle and I the most was that Ryan wanted to do it,
even though he has developed a bit of a phobia for bridges and structures or
heights with open guard rails. The trip across is only short, but what a buzz
as you are dangling 30-40 metres above the gorge. Ryan had a huge grin on his
face when he’d completed it and now reckons he’s over his worry of bridges. Of
course once we had completed it and she had watched us Natasha decided she
wanted to have a go, but we told her she now has to wait for the next
opportunity.
With that fun behind us and with Michelle behind the wheel
we drove into the province of Quebec and towards some very menacing clouds. The
weather hit us not much further down the road and we got to experience a real North
American storm cell. From travelling at 100 kph Chelle was reduced to
travelling at 5 kph and then having to stop when the wipers gave up the ghost
and visibility was reduced to zero. We had wind, driving rain, hail and bits of
shrubbery all buffeting the car all we were missing was the tornado and I
reckon if the wind had been another knot or two stronger we would have had one
of those also. Anyway after an interesting 10 minutes or so we drove out of it.
Though we did drive in and out of squalls for the rest of the trip to Quebec
City, we made it safely to our hotel late in the afternoon and are looking
forward to the next couple of days sightseeing.
