Sounds good Phil!

Thanks for waving the BC flag.

Smooth roads, Jake.

On 7/1/07, Phil W. Zimmerman <philzimm1@oberon.ark.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> Wow, last report was on Day-26. Now, Day-37 for me and Happy Canada Day to
> all the folks of Canada, July 01. Camped on the beach at Carleton-sur-Mer,
> South-side of the Gaspe` Peninsula.
>
> Cooks-tour of the last 11 days. Went to the beginning of the road on the
> North-Shore of the Saint Lawrence River at Natashquan. Really a bit further
> than Natashquan. Another 42 Km up a gravel road to a rather large river with
> no bridge across it! So ends road access to the North-shore of Quebec. The
> weather sucked, the bugs bit in droves so, off back-down the road I went.
> Ferried over to the Gaspe` Peninsula, landing at Matane.....
>
> The Gaspe` quickly took hold of me and has held me ever since. Kinda like
> the Kashbar in the Bogart film where he tells the piano player to "Play it
> again Sam". Bogart couldn't shake the Kashbar in the movie, I can't seem to
> do otherwise on the Gaspe`. Just spent 5 days at Gaspesie Prov Park camped
> on Lake Cascapedia. Canoeing, hiking and biking. Weather unsettled but the
> cooler temperatures made these activities easier for this old set of legs
> and lungs. Darn is that place beautiful. Yeah, I know, all parks are
> beautiful but something about the greenery and the rocks of this piece of
> real-estate. The ancient rocks of the geography some, the oldest on the
> surface of the planet say the rock scientists, they (the rocks) held my
> attention seemingly indefinitely! But nope, this guy prefers free camping
> and no Provincial Park is fee.
>
> Geezus, me and Moose this trip. There I am having a cigarette out by the
> lake (away from all the kiddies now camped near bye for the long-weekend).
> I'm taken in the scenery cuz it wasn't raining at the moment, the evening
> air is fresh and still the lake placid-calm. I hear the sound of soft
> footsteps behind me on the gravel beach. I turn around and heck, there is
> this Cow Moose not 20 feet from me, just stepped out of the bush onto the
> beach and walking towards me! Aaah now what? I am up wind of her so I blow
> some smoke her way. She must be a smoker-moose cuz the smoke didn't phase
> her at all. No Calf insight so I feel I have little to fear.... except fear
> itself said some long dead US President. She looks at me and halts. I take a
> few steps backwards away from her, she stays put. Good, I am making progress
> here... another three feet between me and this 1,000# world's largest
> Cervid! My animal-magnitude must be waning because the Moose was drawn to
> some piece of flora on the!
>   lake-shore and moved to my left to munch on it. Wow, encounters like
> this are wonderful (who sez?).... I still prefer my wild animal sightings at
> the city zoo.....
>
> Time to get out the Canadian Flag... and the BC Flag for Jake and Me....
> and the Quebec Flag so the locals don't think I am some kinda Nationalistic
> flake and get on with celebrating Canada Day. Now, in another three days
> time, I hope to be in Houlton Maine celebrating with Chief Mike and Mary
> Collum at Camp Kelleran... for a real old-time 4th of July Celebration in
> the US of A! As an expatriate myself, I haven't been in the US for the
> Fourth of July in ages.....
>
> Regards from the road.
>
> Phil Z.
> Campbell River, BC
>

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