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Our original plan to get from Dalhousie, NB to Parc de la Gaspésie, QC was to cross into Québec and then hug the coast (east-north-west) taking us through the town of Gaspé. That was going to be a 560km leg taking an estimated 8.5 hours to complete. However, when we woke up this morning, we made the decision to take a much more direct route to Parc de la Gaspésie, a mere 200km from Dalhousie.

We are staying at Parc de la Gaspésie in a small riverside cottage. By mid afternoon we had checked in and were already starting on some of the shorter hiking trails. We opted to have dinner at the restaurant at the Gîte Mont Albert (the main hotel at the park). Folks here are quite proud of their restaurant, and rightfully so, the food was excellent.

Tomorrow morning we'll be up at the crack of dawn as we need to be in Gaspé for our 9am whale watching tour (it'll take about 3 hours at a non-leisurely pace to get there). We never did get a chance to get in on the whale watching action while in Nova Scotia, so we're going to make up for that here.

In other news, my 5D or the Sigma 24-70 lens (I can't determine which just yet) is acting up. At times, the camera will try to desperately focus (imagine lots of loud focusing noises) but fails miserably in doing so. The body must obviously think that the image is not in focus as it won't allow the shutter to close. The issue seems a bit intermittent though. It happened for the first time a few days ago but then disappeared until today. Now it's back. Ugh.