San Simeon

A day in San Simeon
Today was spent in the Jeep going around the area of San Simeon. We have been waiting for the weather to clear so that when we take the ferry boat across the St. Lawrence River we could possibly see some whales. So off we went to see some fall color.
We drove east on Hwy 138 toward Tadoussac where we had to cross the Saguenay River. There is no bridge so we took a ferry boat which in this case was free. It took only about 15-30 minutes to load the ferry and transport us across but the trip was in total fog. We have had nothing but fog for the last two days and that combined with drizzle does not make for a great sightseeing day.
Next we went north on Hwy 172 hoping to escape the fog that might only be close to the river. It was better but still overcast making the pictures of the fall colors rather dull. The trees really are changing quite rapidly now and you can see the really great reds and yellows. We traveled along the St Margerite River and had lunch in a really neat little picnic area on the river. There were some salmon fishermen along the shoreline and there was a suspension footbridge that I tried to walk across but unfortunately they had it locked and blocked off.
We did go over a really neat covered wooden bridge that was on an old road that we came across. We stopped at a national park (Saguenay I believe) and that is where I saw my first red fox in Quebec. He was running across the green field area there and I missed a photo of him there but then he turned when he reached the road and I was able to get a picture of him there.
Tomorrow I believe we will take the ferry boat across the river as the weather forecast is for about 5 days of the same as it is today. I do not feel like spending five days in this fog and overcast and I still think if we are farther from the river it will disapate.
1-3 Fall colors
4 Covered bridge
5 The fox