{"id":2513,"date":"2018-09-19T23:12:19","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T03:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/?p=2513"},"modified":"2018-09-20T18:23:24","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T22:23:24","slug":"gaspe-peninsular-scenic-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/?p=2513","title":{"rendered":"Gasp\u00e9 Peninsula Scenic Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Wednesday Sep 18, 2018<\/h3>\n<p>Map and road video &#8211; <a href=\"\/Tripmapper\/Mapview2.aspx?DataFile=CanadianAtlantic\/2018_09_19_Perce_QC&amp;Video=vTkw7mnKETA\" target=\"_blank\">Ste. Anne-des-Monts to Perc\u00e9, QC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After driving about 100 km this morning I had high hopes that this was going to be one of those special days where something wonderful awaits around every curve. The coastal views were long and largely unobstructed and the mountains ensured that there were elevated locations to provide a viewing platform. Unfortunately, the coastal views became less common and it did not turn out to be one of those special days but it was very good.<\/p>\n<p>The whole day was spent driving as it was raining when I came to the place I thought I would take a hike in <em>Forillon National Park<\/em>. Despite intermittent rain throughout the day it was the only time the weather really interfered and it did not spoil the day.<\/p>\n<p>My first photo stop of the day was very promising.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2522\" src=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gaspe-First-stop.jpg\" alt=\"Gaspe First stop\" width=\"760\" height=\"816\" srcset=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gaspe-First-stop.jpg 760w, http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gaspe-First-stop-279x300.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><br \/>\nThe weather had declined a little by my second stop, overlooking Grande Vall\u00e9e.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2521\" src=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Grande-Valee.jpg\" alt=\"Grande Valee\" width=\"760\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Grande-Valee.jpg 760w, http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Grande-Valee-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><br \/>\nThe lighthouse at Cap-des-Rosiers.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2520\" src=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gaspe-Cap-des-Tosiers.jpg\" alt=\"Gaspe Cap des Tosiers\" width=\"760\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gaspe-Cap-des-Tosiers.jpg 760w, http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gaspe-Cap-des-Tosiers-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><br \/>\nCap-Mon_Ami in the north unit of Forillon National Park.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2519\" src=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gaspe-Cap-Mon-Ami.jpg\" alt=\"Gaspe Cap-Mon-Ami\" width=\"760\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gaspe-Cap-Mon-Ami.jpg 760w, http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gaspe-Cap-Mon-Ami-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><br \/>\nA scene at Penouille in the south unit of the park.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2518\" src=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gaspe-Forillon-NP.jpg\" alt=\"Gaspe Forillon NP\" width=\"760\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gaspe-Forillon-NP.jpg 760w, http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gaspe-Forillon-NP-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><br \/>\nThis dramatic rock cliff, just outside of Perc\u00e9, is over 1,000 feet high..<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2523\" src=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gaspe-Perce-Cliffs.jpg\" alt=\"Gaspe Perce Cliffs\" width=\"760\" height=\"1137\" srcset=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gaspe-Perce-Cliffs.jpg 760w, http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gaspe-Perce-Cliffs-201x300.jpg 201w, http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gaspe-Perce-Cliffs-684x1024.jpg 684w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><br \/>\nThe pierced rock that gives Perc\u00e9 its name.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2517\" src=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gaspe-Perce-Rock.jpg\" alt=\"Gaspe Perce Rock\" width=\"760\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gaspe-Perce-Rock.jpg 760w, http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gaspe-Perce-Rock-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday Sep 18, 2018 Map and road video &#8211; Ste. Anne-des-Monts to Perc\u00e9, QC After driving about 100 km this morning I had high hopes that this was going to be one of those special days where something wonderful awaits around every curve. The coastal views were long and largely unobstructed and the mountains ensured &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/?p=2513\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gasp\u00e9 Peninsula Scenic Drive<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[79,3],"tags":[28],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2513"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2528,"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513\/revisions\/2528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}