Junkel and "The Rock"

Well we made it! After talking about it for years we finally made it to Newfoundland. It was an quiet 6 hour ferry ride across from North Sydney Nova Scotia , to Port-aux Basques Newfoundland. For all of you who complain about BC Ferries come on down and try this one. There were 2 departures on Monday June 23rd one at 1145 am and one at 1145 pm. You must be in the ferry terminal at least two hours before the scheduled sailing as it may take that long to load the ship. It is one big tetris game as there are 3 vehicle decks and deck one has to be loaded before deck 3 as it is under deck 3. Deck 5 is for semi trailers and truck and trailers. Yup we could see about 20 trailers with no trucks.

Our Ship The Highlander

Entering the beast.

The ship is just that a ship complete with a pointy end a flat end. Deck 7 is the main passenger area with dining area and reclining chairs. Deck 8 is for cabins that you can rent for the crossing.

We arrived in Port Aux Basque at 6:30 NFLD time and drove to Doyles for our first night.

Downtown Port aux Basques

The campsite was great and we were the first of about 20 campers from the ferry.

Tuesday was a scenic drive up to Corner Brook. We are trying to stay off the Trans Canada Highway as much as possible. We drove through Stephenville and out to Cape St. George and Lourdes before carrying on to Corner Brook.

Sheeves Cove

Cape St. George

Just outside Jerrys Nose

We left Corner Brook after stocking up on fresh fruits and veggies and headed north to Cow Head and our next stop.At Deer Lake we turned off the TCH and headed up the Viking Trail. About 2 Km along we stopped at the Insectarium Butterfly display. We spent a couple hours looking at the butterflies, scorpions, tarantulas and a host of other bugs.

I'm going to be a Monarch Butterfly.............Someday

Watch out June that could be one of those "Killer Butterflies"

"Kelly what the hell is that?"

It rained all day so it was good to be inside looking at the critters. We arrived in Cow Head and spent a nice evening with friends Del and Gloria from Calgary. We met them in Desert Hot Springs and it was great to catch up. We have planned some events for this next week so keep tuned.

Kelly promised June she would see Ice Bergs and Moose in Newfoundland so far he has lied. Actually he is 100% 0 for 0.

Take care and thank-you for reading this. ..............Junkel