Day 36/June 8, 2016 – Snowshoe trail head on route
410 to Island Cove RV Park
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| Hiking in Pacquet, NL |
Breakfast at our trailhead and it was quiet despite
that the fact that it was route 410. No one bothered us.
Our first stop was Pacquet, NL and we found nice
walk to do that was supposedly “approximately 4 km one way” (I should also say
it was kind of circle and not linear; David is only granting 3 miles round trip
on this not the 4.8 according to sign.
The ocean view trail was a really nice walk along rugged coast
mainly. John and Joan introduced
themselves to us and we had a nice chat for awhile. They also suggested we go visit the rocky
beach just down the street which we did.
We asked about drinking water and were directed to the “Drinking Water
dispensing Unit by the firehouse”….properly cholorinated and very
drinkable. We filled up some extra water
jugs. We would have had to fill our tanks from jugs (no spigot) and we didn’t
really need much water right now.
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| Our hike...such awesomeness |
Our next two quick stops were Harbor Round and
Brent’s Cove. Harbor Round was supposed
to have a walking trail as advertised on the main road. We got there and walked to the overlook (on
stairs with missing slats but hey we were already there so we were going to do
it). The interpretive signage was
unreadable…it made me wonder why they just didn’t take the sign down off route
410? This is the second time we saw
signs for hiking trails but no maintenance on the stairs/boardwalks and
slightly dangerous.
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| a colorful trail |
Off to visit La Scie and we decided to pay the $22
for a serviced site at the Island Cove Campground. You have to boil the water (argh)…not going
to happen. We walked down to the beach
and got a few more pieces of drift lumber to make some coat racks for dear daughter’s
new house. It is 47 degrees and very
windy here making it feel much colder and we are on a hill overlooking the
harbor. Two other rv’s are here and both
are smaller than ours. We are getting a
bit bombarded by the wind.
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| We had it all to our self... |
A quiet evening watching the iceberg that is in the
harbor and a boat decide to not go out because it is too windy.
After too much time of the RV rocking violently in
the wind and white caps in the brita water filter, we both decided to brave the
cold and go out and pick another site that would enable us to park into the
wind versus broadside to us. We did and that was a quick fix. Cranked up Mr. Buddy heater because the
little ceramic heater (hey we have electric) was woefully inadequate….all is
well in the world.
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| Hiking man |
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| The beach at La Scie |
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| The beach at La Scie |
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| On a trail |
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| Those are birds.... |
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