Donkeys and Whales – Quebec

Where else can you have soap from Donkey milk and see Beluga Whales form your car window.  I can’t think of anyplace. 

Taking highway 138 from La Malbaie, QC to Baie St Catherine you see grand views of the St Lawrence and cute little towns.

The first stop was a Savonerie in Cap de Persil.  My French is a work in progress but because of it’s Latin base and my knowledge of Spanish I can frequently make sense of signs it just takes some time.  Maybe the picture of the Donkey in the sign helped too.

Next, we went all the way up 138 until the road ended and you had to take a ferry to continue.  We passed the whale watching boats with busloads of other tourists getting on the.  We were pressed for time so we opted to skip the whale tour.  We stopped at an overlook of the confluence of the St Lawrence River and the Saquenay Fjord.  There is a whale watching interpretive center there and skeptically decided to visit the center on the chance we might see a whale.  Saving the 100.00 for the boat ride we were able to see and hear Minke Whales and a family of Beluga whales.