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| Red Bay, Labrador |
We begun the day with a hike to Schooners Cove; we stayed overnight at the trailhead in L’ans au Loup.
When
we reached the top of the hill an elderly gentlemen with his wife stopped on their way to a cottage
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| Pano of Labrador...big open spaces with no inhabitants |
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| Berg and bouy |
He
was working on building for someone else.
They were on an ATV/four wheeler and he is 71 years old.
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| Wreck off Red Bay |
(Go
boy!) We chatted and he invited us to
stop in where he was working on the cottage; we did as it was at Schooner’s
Cove. We had a nice chat with him at the cottage and returned to our motorhome ready for more touring. Nice morning walk in the fogJ
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| Red Bay, Labrador |
Our
motorhome travelled onward and we made a stop for about an hour in Pinware
Provincial Park. We walked and checked
out the campground (they are always nicely wooded). Pinware has “red” sands. Now that we are in Labrador the weather is
cool again…back to fleece and wind jacket.
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| Tracey Hill Trail - nice views |
Our
last stop before getting on the Labrador Coastal Drive/route 510 & 513 was
in Red Bay. We did not visit the museum
but hiked instead the Tracey Hill Trail (670 steps!) and the Boney Short Trails
(old whale bones present…really old ones).
Great views and information on the trails. It was foggy though and cold if we weren’t
walking UP steps.
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| Porcupine |
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| Boney Trail - those white "stones" are old whale bones |
We begin our drive on Labradors gravel road near Red Bay, Labrador...
We took a breath and drove onto the gravel road of the Labrador Coastal Drive. Breathtaking scenery and some nice big hills….vast land of nothingness (nothing manmade). It began raining about ½ way to our destination of Port Hope Simpson. The road surface being gravel was mostly okay; there were some roughish spots. David experimented with speeds of 10/15 mph to 40 mph depending on how rough it was.
We took a breath and drove onto the gravel road of the Labrador Coastal Drive. Breathtaking scenery and some nice big hills….vast land of nothingness (nothing manmade). It began raining about ½ way to our destination of Port Hope Simpson. The road surface being gravel was mostly okay; there were some roughish spots. David experimented with speeds of 10/15 mph to 40 mph depending on how rough it was.
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| more views of our Labrador drive - route 500 |
When it rained, the water ran off and took some sand/gravel with
it…. Our motorhome did its job well but
there was lots of noise coming from the cabinets! We have one refrigerator door shelf that has
been bounced off a number of times on the roads up here…so we lightened its
loadJ
Luckily we only passed one truck booking it in the opposite direction
(we just pulled over and let him rip by).
We know more trucks and construction are coming up.
It took us 3.5 hours to get from Red Bay to
Port Hope Simpson….with one stop to fix refrigerator door shelf….longer than we
guestimated. We saw only one Camper
type van so far and no other motorhomes, few cars/trucks. Labrador pioneer route!
We were awed by the scenery here...breathtaking and just wide open. No signs of habitation.
We were awed by the scenery here...breathtaking and just wide open. No signs of habitation.
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