2016 Road Trip: Final days in Newfoundland
We begin this leg with another long drive, this time to Beachside (at the tip of a peninsula north of Springdale) which featured three icebergs on the horizon and broken wharfs in the fishing village. A very pleasant evening in Beachside just hanging out.
Next morning under overcast skies we headed west again. A note on this section of Newfoundland… the forests were forests again with trees to expected heights and density to hide the moose. Through Corner Brook and on to the coast and Blow Me Down Provincial Park at Lark Harbour. A no frills park which allowed us to “park anywhere you like”. So we chose to be right at the waters edge. From our campground we did journey out to Bottle Cove for a couple of short walks. The Boardwalk walk and the hike out on South Head as far as the waterfall were great. I carried on trying for the lighthouse but turned back at the half way point as it was trees, trees, trees and Kerry and Donna were somewhere behind. Anyway on the return we walked out to sunset point, which was lovely, before returning to camp.
June 6 and our last night in Newfoundland. We headed south and past Port aux Basques and out on the section of road to the last 4 towns on the southwest corner of the province. From there ferry service only. Our destination was Rose Blanche and the oldest granite lighthouse on the atlantic seaboard. It opened in 1873, was abandoned in the ‘40s and reconstructed in 1999. The area is at the end of a granite and quartz studded headland and contains several outlying sheds, a B&B and a fishermen’s museum. Quaint, picturesque, wonderful geography. On our exit we carried on back for 8 km to the Barachois Falls. Nice falls but the amazing part was the cloud formation we had on arrival… almost spooky.
Then back to where in began in Newfoundland for us, JT Cheeseman Provincial Park for our final campsite of the trip.
