People we meet on the Sea Cruise

Hiway 138 is called the Road of Whales (Chemin des Balines), and we did actually see some.  One of the other passengers got some pictures and we may be able to share them with you later.

 

We met this lovely couple from Orlando FL.  He is approaching 80 and they've been married more than 50 years.  They have children in TX, CA, MI and NC and travel by car to visit them.  They've also travelled extensively in Europe so we had some interesting conversations about places we had been and things we've seen.  This trip they'd gone to Michigan for a graduation, then to California for a visit.  They are traveling almost the same route we are.

 

We ate with Bill and Kay several times and always had interesting conversations, as well as jokes about how useful 2 motorcycle would be at the last island, and how bicycles has fallen of a white minivan.

 

Joe from Duncan (Vancouver Island) is walking across Canada.  Starting in February, 2009 he walked to Sault Ste Marie, then this year he's walked to Rimouski, then rode the ferry to Blanc Sablon and St Barbe, NL, pulling his rickshaw-like cart.  He also crossed to St Barbe with us.

 

These 3 French-speaking ladies we met on the ferry are from Lyons, France, Switzerland and near Quebec City respectively.  It was really interesting hearing the different accents, and I could actually understand some of the words. (they also spoke enough English we could enjoy talking with them.)

 

Neil from Toronto is bicycling around the Maritime province.  He's also covering most of the same route Barry and I are.  He and Joe are mostly camping, with the occasional treat of a motel (hot showers rate). 

 We liked the idea that all of us were traveling to similar places in various ways and all enjoying ourselves and each others' company, while doing our own thing.

 

We made about a dozen stops over the 24 hours we travelled with the Nordik Express.  They were all very interesting and scenic and they all looked a lot like this, with some buildings, boats and a wharf thrown in.