Day 50 (Snday August 17, 2008). Today we met up with a work colleague of Leo`s at her parents’ house in the town of Beachside. We got to see a true, Newfoundland Cape Cod house from the inside. It was a very nice home with a large kitchen with a beautiful and huge wood stove for heating, and cooking if needed.
We had a very nice and sociable chat with this family, exchanging information about where our trip had taken us and other spots we might consider in future. They were glad to hear our excitement about visiting their beautiful province. After our visit we had to move on again to our next campground to rest up for our trip the next day. Leo did not take any pictures this day as we had rain during most of it.
Day 51– Bottle Cove and Lark Harbour, Newfoundland.
Today we hoped to reach close to Port Aux Basques where we plan on staying a couple of nights before we sail back to the mainland. But first we took a side trip to the towns of Lark Harbour and Bottle Cove along the inlet from the sea known as Humber Arm.
Lark Harbour is ‘just’ west of Newfoundland`s second-biggest city, Corner Brook. At least that is what it seemed like as we had to follow a highway which seemed to weave through one long, continuous village with a new name for each new section. When this ended we began to see some separation in the villages. First we encountered the village of Frenchman’s Cove, where there were lots of dories on the beach all painted orange: a sight to see for sure. This is the first time we had seen this many dories in this colour and we of course we had to ask why. The answer was a very logical answer: so they can be seen on the water easily in case of emergency. On we drove then to Lark Harbour, the most beautiful spot in Newfoundland according to some local people here,
They sure did not lie about it being highly scenic, but I would not call it the most beautiful spot in Newfoundland. The town itself was a bit bland, but the mountainous scenery around the inlet was certainly impressive. Again we saw .orange dories here and there was also a three-masted hermaphroditic sailing ship moored here, with one mast square-rigged, and the others fore and aft rigged. She was called the ``Caledonia``. It was another feast for Leo to photograph.
We had coffee at a local teahouse, where one of the attractions was their deck on which one can sometimes view whales swimming in their inlet, and on which various bones of whales were to be viewed. Then we went on to our next stop: Bottle Cove. This village was only a few kilometres further up the road, where the road actually ended (we seem to take lots of roads in Newfoundland that come to a dead end).
After this little side trip we drove on to Codroy campground, our first campsite in Newfoundland and also our last one.Pictures of our day can be found here.
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