After we got up and got ready we had a lot of time before we had to head head out to the tenders to the buses. We actually had a hard time filling this time. Our tour was an early afternoon tour and and we would before lunch was served and we’ll be coming back after lunch was over. This was an awkward time slot. I ordered room service for lunch and lounged around and played video games until it arrived. Room service took a little longer than expected and arrived five minutes before we had to leave so we shoved a crap ton of food in our faces and called the rest of our group over to help us.
Our busses today were school busses. It’s been forever since I’ve been on one of these. Seats are much smaller than I remember. Our tour took us around the city and we stopped at a store and a museum. Gaspe is quite a large remote town with a small town feel. It’s very secluded and seems to be far away from any big city. Most of the residents order things online and things ordered using Amazon Prime take more than 5 days to get there.
The Hyman and Son’s General Store was the neighborhood store built in 1864 and is now a museum. We thought it was going to be a gift shop. This also served as the home for the builder of the store William Hyman, the residence was the second floor.
Our next stop was Site d'Interprétation Micmac de Gespeg, a museum dedicated to the Micmac people of Gaspe. We didn’t have a lot of time here our guide had to squeeze 2 hours of material into a little less than half an hour. I had a hard time keeping up. At the end of the tour we sampled Bannock with maple syrup. Bannock is the Micmac people's version of fry bread. it was really good.
We got back and had lunch at the grill because nothing else was open. It seemed like everyone else in our tour group had the same idea, it was crowded! We didn’t go back out after our tour this time, there wasn’t much within walking distance of the port.
Nothing much happened for the rest of the day. We lounged around, had a late dinner and went to bed.
Tomorrow we’ll be doing some scenic sailing. I don’t think we’ll be getting of the ship.