This trip has been a lot of driving. A LOT. To the point where, by the end of the day, we’re often too tired to do anything else. But there were a couple reasons why this surfeit of driving happened. First of all, we wanted to see Gaspé. And it’s big – really big (I’m not sure I realised that). Both of us had to be back in the GTA by a certain date, so that was limiting. And, because of Elbows Up, more people are camping in Canada. It was very hard to get a campground for more than two nights in a row – in fact, around the long weekend (June 22 is Gaspésie Day and June 24 is St-Jean-Baptiste Day) the best I could do was one night at aa time at several places.
So when we saw a sign for the Acadian Museum in Bonaventure, I felt we needed to go in. Otherwise, we’d just be driving from camping ground to camping ground (with an occasional stop at a distillery or a poissonnerie).
The museum was very interesting and well done – learned a great deal about the mass deportation of the Acadians from Nova Scotia (the English really do have a lot to answer for). And even bought a birthday present for someone for next year.