Day 17/May 20, 2016
Rose Blanch Lighthouse, NL to Stephenville Beach, NL
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| Rose Blanche |
Reminder to self:
every night will be a scenic spot to spend the night and in the perfect
world it will have a trail to occupy us or one we can make.
Took off early to get some heat going in the rv
(remember there is no heat on at night unless it gets to 38 or less…my rule)…heading
back towards Channel-Port Aux Basques…west on route 470.
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| Pano of Rose Blanche |
Our first stop about 10 minutes west on 470
was Barachois Falls walking trail. Just
3000 feet long but well done with gravel and boardwalks (no walking in mud or
bog!). You can see the falls from the
road too. Envigorating and we were out
of there by 8:06 am. Remember sunrise is
around 4:30 am; this is my kind of world!
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| Pretty much standard terrain west of Channel-Port Aux Basques |
Along the way we found another trail to walk. The Harvey Trail in Isle Aux Morts was a
couple/several miles along the rocky ocean…well done with decent drainage and
scenic. It is a circular trail. George Harvey as a local hero in that saved
many people from sinking vessels along the southern Newfoundland coast.
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| Balachois Falls walk |
Next stop VIC (visitors information center) to get
WIFI and further information…new maps, etc. Along the way we found Codroy Provincial Park with
a beautiful sand beach that we walked.
It is a day use park only (drat).
We were, of course, the only ones there and a partly sunny day (I am an
optimist at heart) made us happy.
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| Balachois Falls walk |
We had hoped to park overnight at Cape Anguille
Lighthouse (down the road to this lighthouse) but it was prominently posted at
the B&B that occupied the premises as well that camping was not allowed. Some quick pictures and off we went to find
other accommodations.
Desperation made us go 70 miles or so to the beach
in Stephenville…further than we wanted and a last resort but okay for our
purposes and it could be a lot worse. Dinner and a walk on the beach. Not a really
quiet location but it did have view of beach and ability to walk it.
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| Yup, a LOT less cars than our highways...the TCH 1 midday. |
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| Codroy Provincial Park |
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| This kind of looked like a wood fish??? |
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| Codroy Provincial Park |
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| Cape Anguille Lighthouse |
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| Our Overnight parking spot at the Beach in Stephenville |
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| Our scenic beach view.... |
Desperation made us go 70 miles or so to the beach
in Stephenville…further than we wanted and a last resort but okay for our
purposes and it could be a lot worse. Dinner and a walk on the beach. Not a really
quiet location but it did have view of beach and ability to walk it.
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