Gannets !!!

{Rachel} Yesterday morning we went to a small town called Perce. It is called that because of a huge rock in Gaspe that has a hole big enough for a boat to ride through it. Perce means 'pierced'. We got on a boat and went around Perce rock. Then we went to a big island called Bonadventure to these big cliffs that had millions of gannets nested on the side of the cliffs. They are beautiful birds and their wingspan can get up to 2 meters. One interesting thing that a man told us is that when a female and male are together and if a nest falls off of the cliff, then the couple is done. That is because the only way that they recognize each other is by the location of the nest. Both birds take turns feeding the chick, once a day each. the birds are stinky and loud! We were going to eat lunch where the gannets are, but it was too stinky and there were feathers blowing everywhere. After we were done looking at the gannets, we hiked back to the boat. The waves on the ocean were really big and one point it felt like it was going to flip over. While we were shopping, Mom came back with a hand full of pastries and they quickly disappeared.

The day before we went mackerel fishing with Daddy. It was fun, but we didn't catch a thing. The guy next to us caught at least 20! We just didn't have all of the right equipment. The nice man was named Francois. He let us pull in a couple of fish. one fish almost pulled me in, so he pulled really tight on my waist. It was the biggest mackerel he had caught yet and I was really proud. So we went back to our little camp sight with no mackerel, but we had a great time!