This Week on "The Rock"

Two Ferry Rides - So Very Different

Let's see, where do I begin? The Woods Island, PEI to Caribou, NS ferry carries 
cars for the most part. 

We were pretty close to first off
in Nova Scotia!

It's a pretty drive from Caribou to Sydney. 
We found the Red Shoe restaurant in Mabou, great food.

Great restaurant in Mabou

Who says you can't parallel park
an RV towing a Subaru

The Berkshire climbed Kelly's Mountain (for all Maritime music fans), 

and arrived at the ferry terminal with plenty of time to spare. That's a nice way to say we waited 4 1/2 hours to board. 

A tight squeeze and worth the wait, we were the 3rd large
vehicle off in Port aux Basque NL.

Lynne and Reubin were pretty close to the first vehicle loaded which means their truck was 9 decks below our passenger deck. First on last off with the big ferries. Yup, they were the last vehicle to arrive in NL, 40 minutes after we got off.

Newfoundland-Amazing Vistas, Friendly People

Newfoundland is big, it would be the 4th largest state were it part of the USA. For exploring purposes, Newfoundland is marked into 4 sections: Western, Central, Eastern & Avalon. We have only toured the northern part of the Western section. It took us all last week.

We first stopped at Deer Lake and toured Gros Morne Provincial Park, then on to L'Anse aux Meadows where the Norse established a settlement in the year 1000. They only stayed for 10 years, but that was enough for me to put them ahead of Columbus when we talk about discovering America.

Here's our week in pictures.

First day as we drove to Deer Lake our base for exploring
Gros Morne National Park

Eastern Arm of Bonne Bay - Part of Gros Morne National Park
from Lobster Cove

The Lobster Cove Lighthouse

Western Arm of Bonne Bay looking back to Norris Point

A geologists dreamscape where the soil on top use to be miles below the surface

Typical old style Newfoundland house-Trout River

Woody Point Lighthouse on the Western Arm of the Bay

Sunset at our Campground in Quirpon, the Northeastern most
town in Newfoundland

Depressions of the Viking/Norse buildings at L'Anse aux Meadows

Replica of Norse cargo boat-sailed from Greenland by reenactors

Re-created Viking/Norse house at L'Anse aux Meadows

Norstead village-recreation of what L'Anse aux Meadows
would have looked like.

A reenactor demonstrated weaving

St. Anthony, the site of the Grenfell Mission,
an organization that made life in Newfoundland and
Labrador less harsh in the early 1900's

Today we head to St. Barbe where we will catch a ferry tomorrow for a one day trip to Red Bay, Labrador.
Who knows when we'll have time or internet connection for the next "On the Road with the Berkshire", but we'll be in touch soon!