Saturday, June 22, 2013

DAY 34 Quirpon to somewhere near the airport in Northern Peninsula

June 22, 2013
Awoke to…SUNSHINE!
Cape Onion area - NL










enroute to Cape Onion, NL



Lunch again at The Daily Catch in St. Lunaire-Griquet, NL.  Delicious.

 










wilburrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....
Off we drove from Quirpon to the next peninsula over to have a look at Cape Onion.  While we were out by Cape Onion a gentlemen stopped us and told us that we hadn’t gone all the way out and that the views were better out there.  We turned in his driveway (after we had a nice chat) and went back further down the road (less than ¼ mile around a bend). WOW, nice views and glad we went the distance.  He had a grounded iceberg just across from his house…not a particularly big one.  He was looking forward to when it broke up and he could nab some of the ice to replenish his iceberg stock in his freezer!  He uses it for his adult beverage!

 


St. Anthony...view from our hike
On the way to Cape Onion we saw a moose…tried to take his picture…again, I get moose bum.  On the way back, we see the same moose (same area).  Since we saw him way up ahead, we decided to get the camera ready and sneak up on him in the motorhome.  Moose don’t see very well and rely on scent and hearing.  Slowly we crept with camera ready.  He moved around a bit.  We sat by the side of him about 10 feet away for maybe a couple of minutes (that’s how few cars are here) and snapped away as he munched.  He really didn’t seem to know we were there taking photos.  He would munch away and when he looked up we would snap and freeze…back to munching.  Finally, we had enough shots and began to move slowly as to not spook him….moose bum! 
St. Anthony - view from hike

 

We passed Pistolet Provincial Park and took a look.  It appears to be a very nice park and we would have stayed there if we needed services.   It has lots of evergreens.  There were actually about ten spaces taken on this Saturday!

 
We found the best icebergs - Goose Cove NL





St. Anthony was next on our list to visit.  We did several hikes out by the lighthouse/foghorn area.  One hike was 476 steps up to a fine lookout. (highly recommended)  As we got to the last step I spied a coyote quickly go over the rise.  I had seen his scat at the bottom of the hike and feathers from a gull.  While we were in St. Anthony someone told us to go out to Goose Cove as there was an iceberg close to shore…David practically ran to the motorhome!  Off we went south to Goose Cove.  We could see the berg as we arrived in this small village.  As we were walking down the boardwalk to the little park at the end, we hear a CRACK.  The iceberg was in the process of calving!  THEN, crash it went into the water.  The berg shifted and worked to find its new balance point.  SOOOOO cool to see that and up close, very close.

 
Check out the brown colors!
View of Goose Cove



It was getting late (the sun was beginning to set) so we needed to find an overnight spot as soon as possible and the winds had picked up making driving harder for David.  Driving at night was not an option...so haste we made.  We ended up in someone’s woodlot/sawmill area pulled off from the road and out of site of the road.  We love free camping in Newfoundland.

 
Sleds for firewood - just add snowmobile

Serious firewood piles - one of many

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