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Dune du Sud beach at campground
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It as another beautiful sunny day as we made our turn on Les Iles and headed south back to Ile du Cap aux Meules for the return ferry crossing on Tuesday. It reached 19º, our warmest day on Les Iles
But first we drove to
Sentier du Cap Rouge to hike the 2.6 km trail. The trail was through small shrubs and near a lagoon. Les
moustiques were terrible so Shadow and I turned back within the first 10 minutes. Kathy persevered and went farther but also turned back because the trail was not well marked....not a place one would want to get lost! Shadow and |I did find a shorter path down to the shoreline to view Cap Rouge.
We returned to Pointe Basse where Kathy visited
Les Cultures du Large, an interpretation centre about shellfish farming, aquaculture and lobster fishing which opened in 2018. Kathy said it was most interesting and finished with an oyster tasting. I wish I had gone, for the tour that is!
We stopped for lunch at the same fish market, la Poissonnière. This time kathy had her cooked lobster dinner while I cooked my seafood crèpes on
Harvee Too. We both thoroughly enjoyed our meals.
Kathy checked out a couple more boutiques in Cap aux Meules. With our sightseeing done, we had time to stop at
L'Ami du Campeur, a RV repair garage near our chosen campground for our last night on Les Iles. We were most fortunate . Le monsieur had time to diagnose our problem, a weak, aging water pump. He replaced the pump. The Fresh water diverter valve was not closing completely which was allowing the water leakage into the water tank.
He did not have a replacement valve but did remove about 12" of piping behind it and install a shut off valve to supplement the defective one. Voilà! Problem solved in less than two hours. The bill including labour, parts and HST only $388.58 ... very reasonable.
We checked into Camping Le Motel Pleuvier just down the road. We have full hook-ups and no water issues..... hallelujah!
Kathy checked out a couple more boutiques in Cap aux Meules. With our sightseeing done, we had time to stop at L'Ami du Campeur, a RV repair garage near our chosen campground for our last night on Les Iles. We were most fortunate . Le monsieur had time to diagnose our problem, a weak, aging water pump. He replaced the pump. The Fresh water diverter valve was not closing completely which was allowing the water leakage into the water tank. 
He did not have a replacement valve but did remove about 12" of piping behind it and install a shut off valve to supplement the defective one. Voilà! Problem solved in less than two hours. The bill including labour, parts and HST only $388.58 ... very reasonable.