Frost heaves

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I know it has been awhile but we need Internet and haven’t had it lately 9/28 – Wednesday. Since the ferry from Newfoundland we took one day off and then drove towards The N and NW coast yesterday. Nothing too … Continued

Largest ferry in North America

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Largest ferry in North America which will take us to Nova Scotia. It’s called a RoRo-Pax vessel which means Roll On Roll off /with Passengers. On our direction of travel we roll on the back ramp then roll off upfront … Continued

Not Exactly…

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The sign is not entirely true. Greenland is actually considered to be part of North America although politically considered more closely tied to Europe. But? You get what they mean. For most people, this as Far East as you can … Continued

Trinity then west

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9/17 Saturday – This was one of our goals, and we got to Twillingate this afternoon. Check out this place with Google images. Beautiful. It does not seem as nice as it was back 8-9 years ago. For this campground, we … Continued

To Twillingate…

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9/13 – Left St Barbe today after being forced to wait out the winds yesterday. At one point we were getting gusts to over 100 (kph not mph which still was in excess of 60). The trailer, which weighs over 10000 … Continued

Gros Morne

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This was taken at the half way point on the walk to the boat. That gap in the middle is the fjord we traveled up, some 10 miles or so. Oh, for dinner tonight we are ordering out from this … Continued

Weather & Cow Head NL

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9/12 – All the hype yesterday about the change in the weather actually is happening. It rained until sometime after midnight and then came the wind We are getting rocked around by winds in excess of 60 mph. These are not … Continued

Newfoundland

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Thursday 9/8 Actually we are waiting for the ferry to Newfoundland, which departs Blanc Sablon, Quebec, just south of the border with Labrador, and arrives 2 hours later at St Barbe, where we will spend the night. It looks like … Continued

Atlantic Cod

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This is the couple we talked to for about an hour in the fishing village St Louis, Labrador. Each of those blue bins holds 1000 pounds of fish. They filled three from their morning haul. They gave us a smaller … Continued

Ice Berg!

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See it!  No, really, look again. One is obvious, which is right in town almost on the beach. The other, a tiny one, is just  left of that pier on the far right. Still in Labrador about 10 miles from … Continued