Tuesday 9/17/13
We left the KOA with cloudy skies and no
rain but lots of wind. We headed to the
town of Norris Point for breakfast.
After driving from one end of town to the other I stopped at a small
general store and asked the two gentlemen inside where we could get
breakfast. At first I got the
deer-in-the-headlights-look from both.
Then I could see the wheels turning in their heads…”Na place ‘roun heyh”
was the answer. So it was back to route
430 to the next town, Rocky Harbor.
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| Norris Point |
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| On the hard at Norris Point |
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| Fishing boats at Rocky Harbor |
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| Lighthouse at rocky Harbor |
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| Fisherman's Landing |
Rocky Harbor is a bit more on the touristy
side. They have several convenience
stores and restaurants. Breakfast at the
Fisherman’s Landing even included Moose Sausage. It was
pretty good. The waitress said this is unusually cool
weather for mid-September. She blames us
for the cold. When we left Rocky Harbor I
turned the wrong direction but my faithful navigator got me turned northbound
and all was well.
That brings us to the Gros Morne National
Park with its beautiful mountains covered in evergreen forest. We came to one body of water we thought was a
lake but looking on the map was actually a bay or cove off the Gulf of St.
Lawrence.
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| Route 430 is the Viking Trail |
Not long after leaving the Gros Mone area
the mountains become more inland. They
gradually became about 15 to 20 miles from the coast. Route 430 follows right along the coast. Much of the time you can watch the waves crashing
against the rocky shoreline.
Hawks Bay
The Torrent River crosses under Route 430
at Hawks Bay. The water flowing under
the bridge must reach a speed of nearly 30 MPH.
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| Our Canadian neighbors have troops right along side ours. |
Making better time than we expected (you
don’t have to peddle as hard when it’s flat) we arrive at the ferry terminal in
Saint Barb at 1:15 PM, in time to book passage on the 3:30 PM voyage to Blanc-Sablon,
Quebec. While waiting for our tickets
Linda was talking to a lady who said they were moose hinting and they got two.  |
| That's right. I'm a Labrador retriever. |
The ship we will be taking to Blanc-sablon
is “Apollo”. She has some age and is not
the grand lady that “Highlanders” was.
We got fried chicken at the onboard cafeteria. Linda is still not convinced that it was
chicken. All the pieces were the right shape but the flavor was very
strong. Maybe they were short of cooking
oil and had to use diesel.
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| Downtown Blanc-Sablon |
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| Arriving in L'Anse-au-Clair |
We arrived at Northern Lights Motel and RV
Park in L’asne-au-Clair, Labrador at 6:15.
It’s a bit different…the sites are a gravel lot with a numbered post
with electric and water hook ups. The
washrooms were very clean but there was no heat. Guess that shower will have to wait. The couple camping next to us started out in Ontario
and did the entire Trans-Labrador Highway.
They are camping in a Honda minivan and it is so packed full they must
sleep in the seats with the backs reclined. (If there was room to lay them
back) Then just down the way is a
million dollar motorhome. I just realized
it didn’t rain today. 
Norris Point KOA: 49°33’23.37”N 57°52’26.83”W
Northern Lights RV: 51°25’01.84”N 57°03’54.73”W
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