Island Of Newfoundland

The highlighted routes on this map indicate where our travels will be taking us over the next eighteen days. This is not a circle route, it involves for the most part a lot of back-tracking. There are a great number of insert photos of this map throughout our daily visits.

It's Quiet Down Main Street

It was closing in on seven o'clock in the morning and I was preparing to take my camera for a walk down Main Street, just to see what there is to see. Apparently not too much at this time of day. However there was a hill off in the distance that might be of some interest.

It was a bit of slug getting to this point. Crossing through unavoidable bog patches, and stepping on countless teetering rocks. I could very well have trudged another ten minutes further up, but I was at peace here.

The Ferry Channel

I would have preferred to spend more time just sitting and meditating from atop this knoll, but my stomach is indicating it wants to eat, and after that, us four are headed off to Corner Brook, and our next bed and breakfast.

Twin Mountains

Mid-morning, and we are on the road again. Following the coast up the TransCanada, we are getting accustomed to the various changes in the landscape.

We Are Here. Somewhere.

I am not 100% certain where Twin Mountains is on this map. What I do believe is, it is in the vicinity of Cape Ray and Red Rocks, on the TransCanada, 1/2 hour out of Port aux Basque. Throughout my travels of the provinces, you have noticed many reference maps. I have placed them in these albums for you to follow along with, if you care to do so--I thought this would be fun to do. Now you and others can take a look at what there is to see, and where it is to see it.

Moose Alert

During our traveling days on the island, these Moose Alert signs will be a very familiar sight. Every year dozens of people are involved in collisions with moose, and in many cases they are fatal for all concerned. A few times during our travels I have seen Moose Alert signs posting the number of collisions to date. Up to June 1 of this holiday there have been 16.

Bird on a Post

Less than an hour out of Port aux Basque we pulled off of the highway at Tompkins, and headed into Codroy Valley Provincial Park. Within the park, we drove along the "triangle"--Routes 407 & 406--, which brought us back to the TransCanada at Doyles.

Fly Fishing for Sea Trout in a Tidal Estuary, Codroy Valley Prov. Pk.

Following Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland, it can be said that Newfoundland offers very exciting and world-class tidal estuary fly fishing for Sea Trout.

Bottom Brook

Our next pull-over was here, at Bottom Brook, in Barachois Pond Provincial Park, where Sharon and I took another driving time-out. I had just brushed cookie crumbs from the table before setting up the camera and having a "here we are" pixel moment. There is no need to rush, our final stop of the day is at our B&B in Steady Brook, which is a mere few minutes beyond Corner Brook, and 60 kilometres further up the highway from here.

From Barachois Pond Prov. Pk. (centre of map), to Corner Brook, is an hour's worth of driving. As Sharon and I travel the highways and byways of "anywhere", we kind of take our time doing it. And this New Found Land junket we're experiencing is just an extension of our "travel mentality". So if you-know-who says they can travel from y-to-z in one hour, heck, we'll better that by doing it in three.

Captain James Was Here

Corner Brook's Pulp and Paper Mill.

After arriving at Captain James Cook Historic Site on the summit of Crow Hill, I made my way to a vantage point overlooking the pulp and paper mill. If one is unfortunate enough to mix up their directions in Corner Brook, to re-connect with your bearings, just look for the emission stacks, they're belching out white clouds twenty-four seven.

Captain James Cook

Captain James Cook first surveyed this area in 1767.

In Search of a Newfoundlander Dog.

We heard it through the grapevine that the owner of this emporium had one of the last surviving Newfoundlander Dogs on the island, so we had to go and check this out. This emporium had stuff packed to the rafters, and finding anything, including a dog, could have been a challenge.

Flossie

I'm not really sure how true it is about the scarcity of the Newfoundland dog, but Flossie is the only one I had seen during my three weeks on the island. Did you happen to notice Flossie's Kitchen in the previous photograph?

Sharon and my stay in Corner Brook was unexpectedly extended. Our first night at the Wilton's bed and breakfast went as planned. But I had to book a second night for myself, so I could visit with Sharon the following day while she was delayed in the Corner Brook General. When we finally got back on the road we were thirty-one hours behind our travelling companions Keith and Donna. Yikes! We have a lot of catching up to do.

From Corner Brook we continued north, and pulled into the information centre in Deer Lake where we booked our next night's sleep at the Bay View bed and breakfast in Cow Head, at the northern tip of Gros Morne National Park.

On our way along the coast of Gros Morne towards Cow Head, we passed alongside a number of interesting place names. Names such as Bakers Brook, Sally's Cove, Lobster Cove (not sure what they fish for there), and Green Point.

Green Point

We did make another brief stop, this time at Green Point, just to see what there is to see. And as you can see it is a lonely and rocky beach, which is pretty much the norm along this coastline. Our next sleep-over in Cow Head is another half an hour further up the road to.

Serving Tray Jargon

I thought this serving tray jargon kind of set things up for our social evening quite nicely.

Half Empty or Half Full and Together Again

Tomorrow we four are back on the road again, with our day's travels bringing us to our next sleep-over at Gunners Cove, on the north-east tip of the island, next to St. Lunaire, and not too far from L'Anse aux Meadows. But before then, we get a tad giddy from our first iceberg and moose sightings. Stay tuned. randy