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| Day 8 - Free day at Cap-Aux-Os, QC | ||
 Today was a free day for everyone to explore. Unfortunately, it was a rainy, cold day and most of us tried to wait it out. But by about 10 AM it was obvious that the rain would continue all day so many of us headed out to do some sightseeing. Since we were surrounded by the Forillon National Park of Canada, that is where most of us headed. |
 Our first stop was a parking area across from a beach that looked worth exploring. There were also some long walking trails, but with the constant rain, most of us opted to stay close to our cars. |
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 A view looking North |
 And a view looking South |
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 The next stop was Hyman Store and Warehouse. |
 The Hyman Store was originally the residence of William Hyman built in 1864. The Hyman warehouse, which we did not see, was used to store the huge amounts of dried cod produced over the summer before it was shipped off to faraway countries. |
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 Ed Rzepka, tries out the latest in outdoor facilities. |
 As you can see from our attire, it was on the coldish side (about 58 degrees and raining). We were all trying to make due with the weather we were given and trying to see as much as we could see. |
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 The ground floor was made into the company store in 1918, and you will get a feel for the period as you look over the wide variety of stock assembled: |
 canned goods, patent medicines, Sunday dishes, farm implements, fishing tackle, clothes and much more. |
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 The staff in the Hyman Store greeted us and introduced us to the past with the help of educational games and personalized interpretation. |
 The exhibit upstairs, "Living with the Seasons", shows how families worked to survive given the natural resources at hand. |
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| Our next stop was the Anse-Blanchette homestead, including the house, barn, fish house, woodshed, stage (raised platform) on the beach and other equipment used in drying cod. The picture on the left was borrowed from the Photoscanada website. | ||
 Guides in period costume welcome us into the house, furnished in the style of the 1920s, and take you back in time as they carry on conversations typical of the era, display their musical talents and demonstrate traditional crafts. In the barn, you can watch the video "We Always Looked to the Sea". |
 This is the living room with a large stove that heated this room and the adjoining sitting room. The wall behind the stove is open to the sitting room so it can easily heat that room as well. |
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 The sitting room with a pump organ dating back to the late 1800s. We are not sure of the correct name for the instrument. |
 Cod fishing was the main industry in the area with farming secondary to provide vegetables and meat for the family. The racks next to the boat were used to dry the cod. |
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| Two views from the Blanchette Homestead. The views are spectacular regardless of the rainy gray day. | ||
 We drove South along the shore to the Penouille visitor center. |
 After visiting the center we walked along a 2.6 Kilometer road that lead to the end of a peninsula. |
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| These two pictures were taken along the road. | ||
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| This evening Barry went to town and picked up lobsters for anyone interested in buying one or two. He even cooked and served them. Now that was above and beyond the call of a Wagonmaster. Of course a little rain was not going to keep a lobster feast from happening. (Pictures by Terry Klein) | ||
Click here for a Google map of above pictures. |
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