Alexe ran out of gas today on the home stretch into New Liskeard, and it was the most glorious moment. Standing still, on the dirt shoulder, filling her tank from the extra gas can we keep in the truck bed, the wind was the perfect cool warmth on our skin, and the fields smelled like dirt and fresh growth. Really a moment to savour.
We spent the whole day on the move, packing up early and spending some time with artist Clermont Duval at his gallery in Mattawa, stopping at the Mattawa Museum and former site of a Hudson’s Bay outpost, then braving the Mattawa “shortcut” – highway 533 – that connects Mattawa to highway 63 and the beginning of the Temiscaming Loop Tour. Pretty spectacular scenery but a bit of a bumpy ride, especially in a 33-year old pick-up truck. It really was fun though.
Heading over the bridge, we stopped and shot some video in Temiscaming, then hit highway 101 and cruised the gorgeous farmland on the Quebec side of Lake Temiscaming. We dropped by the oldest building in Ville Marie, QC, the Maison du Frere Moffete, before crossing the border back into Ontario and finding our home for the night, the Holiday Inn Express & Suites in New Liskeard. After a quick dinner, the crew headed out again to grab some more footage of riding the shores of Lake Temiscaming in the golden light of magic hour. And then… we hit the hot tub. And we may or may not be about to eat a butterscotch sundae….
Photo by Alexandra Sawicki
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