Friday, July 18th. – Langlade

The 2 weather forecasts we had this morning were conflicting, so we chose the one that said “fog clearing and sunshine” and set off on our bikes for Langlade (aka Petit Miquelon) 18 miles away on the south of the island.  We had damp, foggy conditions all morning, but a very nice road surface … for the 1^st 10 miles, and then it turned into a pretty rough dirt road.  We persevered to Langlade however and road around the village – really just a collection of houses, a church and no restaurant or café.  While we were there, the sun showed itself and we actually had blue skies for a while. 

Miquelon is known for its wild horses – descendants from many shipwrecked horses over the centuries, and we saw several.  Miquelon is also known for its seal population, so on the way back, we took a 2 mile hiking detour to the seal observatory.  Unfortunately, the fog had returned, and it wasn’t seal basking weather so all we saw were a few seals in the water, and too far away for photos.  We returned to the boat, tired and dusty (from the dirt road) and cleaned up on the boat before going to one of the 3 restaurants in town.  We were pleased to find it was a gourmet French restaurant, with very friendly wait staff and we had an outstanding meal.