NEWFOUNDLAND 2009

July 3 to July 18th

 

NORTHERN PENINSULA AREA PICTURES

Harbour at Port aux Choix.
Behind us literally is the town ... and the Motel that has great food AND free WiFi
The only rig in Oceanside RV Park in Port aux Choix
Norris Point ... nice spot ... lousy lunch
Norris Point Gros Morne National Park
The over look over Norris Point. That small finger of land sticking into the water is called a "Tickle" in "Newf speak"
Oceanside ... what a nice quiet place to stay. We were here in sun, rain and wind ... it is always beautiful!
Taking in the beauty
Wild Blue Flag Iris
Our salute to the Flora of Newfoundland
Silver weed ... Yeah, I know ... what the hell is Elsie doing???
more scenery around the Oceanside RV Park
more scenery around the Oceanside RV Park
more scenery around the Oceanside RV Park
A few more rigs in the park
Ahhh ... a chance to meet the neighbours .... yeah the guy on the left has no shirt on ..he was from Alberta and thought it was warm ... I was wearing my sweater
Sunset at Port aux Choix
More Icebergs as we head north. This is in St. Lunaire -- an outport for St Anthony
These are sleighs made just the size of the firewood needed to heat the houses during the winter. They fill them up as needed, hook up to their snowmobiles
All over the place, on the roadside, are these stacks of wood for the winter. They are near the road so that the snowmobiles can easily reach them even in the worst snow
A lawn ornament --- the Newfi's are not all class
A close up of a firewood sleigh
We got some good shots of icebergs here on the Northern Peninsula. Closer than in Twillingate
These guys are huge
right on the road side. No one steals anything here
Lots of wood ... a sleigh ... hey, we are ready for winter
Road side garden
Ships Cove and still more icebergs
Hard to see here, but this is really a beautiful, colourful garden
This looks like a really neat shot, but if you will look at the picture above, you can see that they are only models
Cape Onion ... more beauty
more icebergs off the Cape Onion
Ships Cove cemetery overlooking Cape Onion
Lots of B & B's in Newfoundland. This one is called the Tickle Inn. About 100 yards to the water's edge
Another one of the road side gardens
Raleigh Dock. The Caplin boats were just coming in. Apparently, they off loaded 125 tonnes of these little guys over the weekend
like a smelt or a small sardine. Good to eat whole ... just fried in butter ... but the roe was prized
Here the fellow I was talking to, was offering to "fill my pockets" if I wanted
Caplin roe ... a delicacy raw or cooked ... I'm told
Lots of talkin and not much workin
All the houses are beautifully painted ... grass cut ... and wood stacked at the back
There are three or four of these ecological reserves up the coast of the Northern Peninsula. This one is Burnt Cape
Hey ... thinks Elsie ... a gravel road into the Reserve, and no "Do Not Trespass" sign. Let's Go!!!
Needless to say .... the road is rough, rocky and car breaking ... Elsie was in her 2nd child hood
We were there shot
This is the "Big Red Bus" from Germany. They sleep, and eat on this thing. It pulls up, people jump out, they set up a kitchen in minutes, dinner is cooked, the people grab a shower in the Park Comfort Station, and they head to bed. Hmmm
Proof we saw a moose. Actually we saw 2 cow moose, one male and a female elk. None of them hit us!!
The lighthouse just north of Port aux Choix ... yeah another gravel road
Elsie sure has something about these lighthouses
Hmmm ... Dr Freud ... what do you think?
Port aux Choix from the Lighthouse road
Sunset from Harvey at the Oceanside Park
Road work on the Northern Highway. This was brutal!!!
The result of the road work ... Honda Flat tire being repaired in Codroy ... Thanks guys

 

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