We got up bright and early this morning and it was pouring. But we were determined to go and see what there was to see. So we sloshed out to the bus. There on the dock were a bunch of people dressed up like Indians and native settlers all in the pouring rain and all wearing ponchos. Of course they hone in on me immediately and tried to get me to try blueberry juice and blueberry pie (I'm sure that you can see blueberries must be some local produce) and once on the bus drove to a really dumb museum. On the way we passed the Ha! Ha! Pyramid which was built in response to a flood which occurred here in 1996. Since it was pouring you'll have to look it up on the internet as we could not take a picture but it is built entirely of traffic signs.
At the museum there was a tank containing some local fish -- I guess -- the fish were so accustomed to people feeding them that one of them actually swam around and swam UP the side of the tank to stick his head entirely out of water. Most of the exhibits were not even on and those that had been turned on were shall we say majorly underwhelming. For example, one of the displays was a mannequin in scuba gear. The museum was ostensibly a display of fjords -- which apparently Saguenay has one or is one -- see how informative the museum was? They also had a display where you could stand in this machine and it would simulate a 6.0 earthquake. Also underwhelming. Janet would probably have loved this museum.
So then we went across the street to a soap factory (Savonnerie) which was at least entertaining. The guy that owns the place was a (as Tom described him) snake oil salesman and his soap will cure everything. Cold sores, psoriasis, world hunger. He makes all of his soap out of natural ingredients and his store smelled marvelous. If someone got hungry enough he says you could actually eat it although I think someone who is starving might have difficulty coming up with $8 for the bar of soap. I think they would rather go to McDonalds or something if they had $8. I got some chapstick and I really like it so while the sales pitch was entertaining apparently their products are really nice. I got some soap for Tom which was for someone who is allergic to practically everything and how can you pass that up?
Then we drove all the way to Le Chevrier du Nord which is a farm which raises angora goats to create mohair. They also had some angora rabbits too -- he didn't explain why -- and some angora cats -- that was my little joke. Wonder if the cats get shaved twice a year too. :-) I was expecting everything to be super soft but it's literally hard as a rock. I can do without hard, hot clothes.
Then we drove to the Arthur Villeneuve display at another museum (yes, another one) and it was the house of a guy who went to church one Sunday and the priest read a letter from the Pope that said you need to find a talent and so he went home and started painting his house with drawings -- like house paint -- his entire house was COVERED in these paintings inside and out. And not very good ones either. Look him up on the internet because we couldn't take pictures and I refused to pay an arm and a leg for their postcards conveniently available as you came out of the house. Then we saw some more damage of the 1996 flood and went on to something they called the "White House" which was a house built on top of a river or something -- I couldn't understand the tour guide very well.
After that we came back to the ship and had lunch. I had a wonderful halibut soup and bouillabase which Tom pointed out is soup and soup. LOL The bouillabase was ALMOST as good as Fish Company. But not quite. Tom had a Tex Mex burger and it was delicious however it came in a wrap which was kinda weird for a hamburger so it was super messy. Tom is now napping -- very unusual for him -- probably tired from wrestling with his burger and I'm blogging -- not so unusual for me. And wouldn't you known that the moment we get back to the ship the rain clears up and so the afternoon tour will probably not get a drop although right now the sky is pretty threatening. At 4 we will go upstairs for tea and trivia. It's such hard work having this much fun.
Tomorrow is a sailing day which means probably nothing much will happen but when we are finished sailing we will be in the Maritimes which means the Anne of Green Gables house. Man oh man I hope it is not raining. That would be really sad. The colors were nice today but nothing like yesterday. The rain really denudes trees of their colors quickly.
Last Impressions -- Saguenay is nice and colorful and quaint but I wouldn't go out of my way to visit. Unless like Janet you enjoy boring museums.
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