Day 56: English Harbor

Today was a travel day, a long drive of only 31 miles. It was a beautiful sunny day and we hated to leave such a beautiful place here in Bonavista by the lighthouse. We still have much more to see. Kim and Yolanda take off before noon and head to the town of Trinity to take a local walking tour and check out the shops. I go for a last walk to the lighthouse, watch some whales pass by, check out the fox at the fox den, some more puffins, then back to camp. Craig and I bust camp around 1:30 and wave goodbye to good times on the peninsula. We scored another great boondock spot right on the bay at English Harbour where all the locals gawk and slow down as they pass to check us out. This is certainly an out of the way place most tourist do not come to. We are the only RV and have not seen any others, not even vans, just locals. We see whales and have ring side seat as the waves crash 30 feet from our chairs. We eat left overs for dinner, Yolanda took a nap, and we headed out at 7:30pm to Trinity Theater for a community show.

Miles: 33 / 4613

Boondocking in English Harbor

Newly painted Lighthouse on last day

beach view at English Harbour

Church at English Harbour

Boondocking in English Harbor

Day 55: Whales and Sunshine

 

Bonavista Whale sightings

Another beautiful day of sunshine and whales on the Bonavista peninsula. Again, we wake to whales spouting their spew just off the shoreline. We have coffee and watch whales go by. Today they were close to shore again, so I got out the drone to get some overhead video of the whales. It was awesome, we spent the day walking the coast line, eating Fish and Chips at the Little Dairy King across the street, and enjoying the view. Got in some good walks and bike rides as well for the day. The whale drone video below was the highlight of the day. Tomorrow, we plan to fish for Cod and move camp a few miles down the coast.

Day 54: Independence Day

Canada celebrates on the 1st, so we are a minority for celebrating today. But here we are on the Bonavista Peninsula watching whales go by our window boondocking in the sunshine. We walk the coast line, spot whales, take endless photos that we will helplessly delete later as it fills up our digital cavity in our phones. I did get out the drone today and got some good video of our boondock spot and the lighthouse on the peninsula. It was a glorious sunny day and we certainly enjoyed slowing down and enjoying the view and cool temps.

Day 53: Whales Puffins Fox

 

Today certainly made up for yesterday's crappy day. The sun came out, we maxed out our solar, and got our generator running. We hiked the coast trail across the street a mile to the lighthouse and back. Besides seeing whales pass by outside our window, we saw a fox and puffins up by the lighthouse. It was a glorious sunny day and 62 degrees. We finish the day at the only restaurant on the peninsula "Little Dairy King" right across the street from our boondock spot. We have awesome fish and chips and hot fudge sundae.

Flew the drone and got some good arial footage of our campsite to the lighthouse.

John Cabot Statue

Lance Cove

Bonavista Lighthouse

Puffins

Sunset at Bona ista

Fox by lighthouse

Little Dairy King

Cape Shore Trail to Lighthouse

Bird Island View

Dungeon Provincial park

Root Cellar

Bird Island near Elliston

Day 52: Bonavista

Today was another travel day and it was raining. We drove 103 miles in the rain, on rough roads, and the generator quit. It was a crappy day. We did get setup on a great boondock site out on the Bonavista peninsula just a mile short of the Lighthouse. If it will quit raining, this will be a killer spot right on the coast where we should see whales out our window. I took no pictures today, this picture is actually the next morning when the sun came out, but we will leave this narrative for tomorrow.

Day 51: Drive to Salvage

 

It was a bit overcast today so we decided to take a drive out to the point to see what we could see of the "Damnable Trail" word play on "Dam the Bell" from old folklore. Damnable trail consists of a series of hiking trails out the peninsula ending in a harbor town named Salvage. We stopped in several small towns along the way, but mainly enjoyed the coastal harbor drive. All in all, it was only about 75 miles. Today was Canada Day that is celebrated like our July 4th. Lots of Red flags, T-Shirts, but not much going on in this remote area. I only took two pictures all day! We did watch the Toronto Blue Jays play the Houston Astros on TV tonight and called it a day.