Day 20: Hiking & Icebergs

 

It has been cold here in northern Newfoundland. So much so, when we saw some parkas on end of season clearance marked down from $300 to $100CAN which is $75USD, we snagged a couple. The parkas were such and improvement over layering up in sweatshirts and jackets that we have been doing. The weather should be getting warmer over the next few weeks. Today, more iceberg hunting today along with a great hike up Daredevil Trail. This trail was just by the lighthouse in St. Anthony that consists of 476 wooden steps that climb 550' up a cliff. We got out the drone and got some great pics off the cliff and lighthouse. We then found a spot where we could get up fairly close to another iceberg and flew the drone out to it as well for some great pics. Finished up the day with Dinner at the LIghtkeepers Cafe next to the lighthouse for some delicious fish and chips.

Day 19: Four More Icebergs

 

We got up early this morning 8am! and were off by 9am. We had a great spot but it was very windy through the night and a bit overcast. The view and right on the ocean was awesome, but we found out that some Icebergs were in St. Anthony at our destination at the tip of the West Coast of Newfoundland. Today we headed north up the west coast in beautiful sunshine, but a bit of wind, so we had to keep on our toes to stay on the road. We had a bit of a problem with the jeep on the rough roads as it did not want to stay behind us. It is called the "Death Wabble" where the jeep starts veering right and left after hitting a rut in the road and the only way I can stop the left and right whipping of the jeep is to come to a full stop on the highway, not a good thing to do, but was all I could do. The roads were so bad, we finally unhooked the Jeep and Yoli drove it the last 60 miles to our destination in St. Anthony. We did see our second iceberg driving along the shore and a moose actually crossed the road in front of us, but otherwise was uneventful. We made it to our boondock spot, and then took a drive up north to Saint Lunaire-Griquet where an iceberg was reported. We were not disappointed, We saw three icebergs and all were spectacular. We then made our way to the visitor center and explored some local crafts and souvenirs. We got back to camp around 5-6pm, played a few games of 10's, had some dinner than settled in for the night with some Netflix, research, and blog updates. Except for the Jeep issue, it was a great day, gotta figure out what to do about the jeep and wabble issue for sure.

Miles: 170 / 3633

Iceberg #3

Icebergb #4

Iceberg #5

Iceberg #3 Closeup

Yoli pointing at #2 Iceberg

Lighthouse at point

St. Barbe Point overlook

Tripple Falls

Day 18: Triton - Parsons Pond

May 29th, Yolanda's birthday landed on a travel day. After a couple wonderful days in Triton and Brighton on Badger Bay, we had sunshine, Whales, Eagles, Icebergs, Lobster, Crab, and a whole lot of good times with friends and new friends. We went into Brighton to fly the drone and get some arial photos of the iceberg but unfortunately, during the night, the iceberg floated back out to sea. We had a lot of rain and wind, so bye bye iceberg, we will find more. The whale museum was closed for the winter, but Terry that gives the tours was there today getting ready to open for the season. Terry gave us our own private tour and talked all things Whale, Squid, Fish, and history of Triton area. Terry was a great host and we learning about the whales and the local area.

For travel today, we back tracked a bit to Deer Lake and then up the west coast of Newfoundland through Gros Morne National Park and stopped just north at Paron's Pond. the park was awesome, but we will spend more time there on the way back from St. Anthony where we are headed to see more icebergs. Tonights spot was a pull out right on the ocean shoreline. It was a bit cloudy but the view was still beautiful. The temps got as high as 73 on our journey in Deer Lake, but now by the Sea it has cooled down to the mid 50's.

184 miles trip

Terry and Whale Tales

Yoli eating freezed dried ice cream for Bday

Dale the Sperm Whale

Gas Stop at Deer Lake

Pull out in Gros Morne NP

Parson's Pond

Parson's Pond Camp Spot

Day 17: Whale Sighting

May 28th - We saw our first whale just off our front porch of the RV this morning, it was pretty awesome. We hooked up with our local neighbor Jerry and he took us into town and we bought 14lbs of lobster for $75USD plus some crab. We also spotted a bald eagle flying above the fishing boats. Back the barn, we mixed up some side dishes, uncorked some wine, made some old fashions with iceberg ice and had an all we could eat lobster and crab dinner at Jerry's. Jerry was awesome and a real hoot to hang out with. We just had 2 full days of sunshine which the locals said they have not seen for 26 days. We made this a Yoli Birthday celebration since her birthday is officially tomorrow.

4lb Lobstah for my Yoli

one of 6 lobsters for 14lbs total

Yoli's big one

In the pot

Jerry's shop Duralite

Shop Tour Photo

Jerry's porch was awesome

bucket O'Lobster

Jerry's back deck in "Jerry's Cove"

Yoli picking out her Birthday Lobstah

Eagles soaring

Yoli got Crabs too