Day 24 - Burin Peninsula, NL to St. Lawrence/Burin Peninsula

These photos are all from our stay in the St. Lawrence area and walks

Day 24/May 27, 2016 Burin Peninsula, NL to St. Lawrence/Burin Peninsula. A stop in booming Marystown for supplies. This was a sprawling large town by Newfoundland’s standards…didn’t expect that down this long peninsula. Beyond Marystown the scenery becomes pretty awesome but NO WHERE to stop. Not a great idea to pull rv over and lurk for awhile on the not-so-generous edges (with a too steep drop for us). We stopped at a viewing area to get some pictures but missed the first awesome ones. Next time I am just pulling over for a quick snap..although it won’t do the scenery justice. MANY people in Newfoundland have rv’s (trailers, fifth wheels and to a lesser degree motorhomes) which makes sense because there is some pretty fantastic scenery here with dump stations provided by many of the bigger towns.

 The Queen’s land provides free places to set up your rv along with paid campgrounds. Unfortunately with a lot of fen/bog/ponds in NL, all this land is not necessarily accessible and roads are not provided into back country (expensive to build over the fen/bogland). When it freezes in winter the snowmobiles come out to cut firewood (permit).

 Since camping season is coming, we see a trailers parked out in the middle of nowhere all set up for the season. We also see season trailers set up in campgrounds all ready for their season of camping. What fun! After exploring a bit with the rv and trying to decide where to park it we found a lovely spot by a radio tower out on one of the headlands of St. Lawrence, NL area. We visited Shoal Cove Beach (several miles on a gravel road), Salt Cove and walked all around the headland we were parked on…more sea polish rocks for my garden. A beautiful sunny day with some rain coming in tomorrow. Our nights entertainment (no sunset tonight as rain is coming) is watching the shrimp boat net its catch and watching a man walk/run his dog Newfoundland style. Let your dog out a couple of miles away and he jogs ahead of you. When you get to the headland you sit in your truck for maybe 5 minutes and then repeat for the way back. Dog is happy, you are happy.