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| View of King's Cove |
June 3, 2013
Awoke to another crisp morning 38 degrees. Rained last night, raining this a.m. But hey we are warm! We are prepared with rain gear.
Awoke to another crisp morning 38 degrees. Rained last night, raining this a.m. But hey we are warm! We are prepared with rain gear.
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| View from Lighthouse Trail |
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| King's cove Lighthouse |
King’s
Cove to walk the Lighthouse trail…snapped some photos in King’s Cove.
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| View from Lighthouse |
Stopped
in Bonavista to snap some photos (rain had stopped) and had a delicious lunch
at Neil’s Yard (vegetarian or more wholesome bent….so no fresh cut fries and
fried food here). Buckwheat crepes
(lunch and dessert crepes…I used to work at a crepe restaurant) and cheesecake
or Blueberry crumble. Thank you, Neil
(a very nice guy from the UK/Kenya) for being open in early June to service us
a fine repast. Lovely little shop
(especially if you like teas) with crafts from Newfoundland also. We are finding that some places are not open
yet…which is a small price to pay for having the place all to ourselves
(almost).
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| Bonavista Harbor |
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| Cape Bonavista |
Bonavista
is a somewhat picturesque town (hey, I’ve been to England, Ireland, Scotland,
Norway so I’ve seen picturesque villages)….some nice older architecture
here. Fishing industry here…neat harbor.
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| Cape Bonavista |
Our
night’s lodgings are in a town park called Landfall Municipal Park. When
you think of town or municipal park, you think of the local ball field….not so,
not so. This simple but awesome park
sits next to the lighthouse in Cape Bonavista in Newfoundland on a little strip
of land looking out into the waters of Conception Bay and beyond is the
Atlantic Ocean. There are no amenities but
the fabulous views of the rugged rocks and turbulent teal waters speak for
themselves. We are the ONLY people
overnighting here…fabulous! Cost: free
= priceless! View rating: 10 (out of
10) Let the pictures do the
talking!
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| Our rv at Cape Bonavista |
Took
a several walks out from our overnight spot to walk around the cliffs and watch
the teal blue waters smash the rocks below.
Simply lovely. Temp a cool 48
degrees and a dank cold…bundled up. More
than nice to have a somewhat warmer “home” to come back to (56 degrees INSIDE currently
as the temps go down but I can say the heat is coming on shortly…low on propane
and they don’t sell it in this town because the tank blew up a few years ago
and no one wanted to replace it). So we
are on propane rations! Propane runs our
refrigerator, stove, our heat for water, and heat to warm our motorhome when we
are not plugged in – like now and most of the time.
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| Cape Bonasvista views |
I
can hear the fog horn sounding in the background and the waves pounding. At this writing the fog is thick, good thing
we got some pics before the thick stuff rolled in.
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| Cape Bonavista views |
Driving
we did today…. Southern Bay to Landfall Municipal Park/ Cape Bonavista, NL.
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| Bonavista Lighthouse |
Did
I mention the people of Newfoundland are very friendly and helpful?
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| Cape Bonavista walking |
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