Category: Newfoundland

Monday, June 15th, Day 18 of our trip and the 11th day in Newfoundland, didn’t go anything like we had planned – it was far better 🙂 I was up early writing as usual, when a boat came along and hurried back and forth along our bit of coast...

Sunday, June 14, Day 17 of our trip and the 10th day in Newfoundland, was intended to be a partial day to explore Port au Choix before moving on, but we very soon decided to stay another night. As I write this, it’s our favourite community so far. My...

Saturday, June 13, Day 16 of our trip and the 9th day in Newfoundland, was intended to be a full day at St. Anthony with another overnight stay there, but turned out to be a partial day then we drove south to Port au Choix to get better weather....

On Friday, June 12th, Day 15 of the trip, the weather was dramatically better! Our planned destination, St. Anthony, was only 35 km away so we had time to do more exploring at the northern tip of the island. I really wanted to return to L’Anse aux Meadows to...

After getting set up at the Viking RV Park on June 10th, I decided to go for a walk, possibly to see the nearby communityn of Quirpon (population 77) and it turned into a very long walk. Here’s the map from my Strava page. For an interactive Google map,...

Following our Western Brook Pond boat tour, it was only 23 km to Green Point Campground where we had a reservation. After 10 minutes on the road, though, a sign reminded us of the S.S. Ethie shipwreck at Martin’s Point, and I pulled in there. It’s a very scenic...

On Tuesday, June 9th, Day 12 of the trip and our 5th day in Newfoundland, we took one of the best tours we’ve ever been on – 2 hours sailing the 16-km length of Western Brook Pond, a strange name for one of the world’s most dramatic lakes. The...

On Sunday, June 7th, Day 10 of the trip, the weather was awful, with heavy rain and high winds. We spent some time at the Gros Morne National Park Discovery Centre, then drove 68 km to Harbour View RV Park at Rocky Harbour, for a 2-night stay. After our...

On Saturday, June 6th, Day 9 of the trip, we drove another 230 km north to Shoal Brook, one of several communities in Gros Morne National Park. Gros Morne was one of our main destinations in Newfoundland – although we only had one firm plan, a boat tour, we...

Friday, June 5th, Day 8 of the trip, was our first day of exploring Newfoundland, and it was a beauty, with a fine example of what passion can accomplish with a ruined stone building, and a walk to a nice waterfall. We also picked up a rented Starlink Mini...