Today started out without much of a plan but it ended up being a very special day.
Since it was our last day in this area we had to decide what we still wanted to see, I had a couple walks that I wanted to do. I looked on the internet and it showed a couple more icebergs off the east coast so thought perhaps if we could get up high we might be lucky. However the skies were just not clear enough to see more than a few miles.
The first trail was up Great Berhat and ended up to be mostly boardwalk so pretty easy and the view at the top was really nice.
Next over to a trail at St. Carols and this one ended up only being 1/2 a km so again pretty easy but we watched fishing boats heading out and the waves splashing up on the rugged coastline.
Just then Ron says "I think I see a whale" Yes our first, it was great, they were quite close to shore but did not surface much, but still gave us a thrill.
The otherside of the lighthouse was layered rock, they had a great walk along the shore and I followed it down, hopeing to get more glimpses of the whales, you could hear them and see the spout of water and a little of the back but that was all.
We headed our way back to camp and there are always so many nice views, I never no when to quit.
From here we went to town to do some chores, had lunch today at the Lighthouse at Fishermans Point and we all had Fish and Chips, oh they were yummy.
After lunch I asked Ron if he would take me one more place that we had not been and that was to the lighthouse at Cape Norman, the most northern tip on the insular Newfoundland. Larry and Sharon decided to come along and wow it turned out spectacular.
First we came to a very quaint but lively fishing village called Cook's Cove, fishing was still very strong here the big tractor trailers were here picking up loads from the fishery.
Not to sure if they are to interested in the church and you should have seen the graveyard, looked like no one had tended it in years.
But still we had not found the lighthouse so we turned onto a gravel road and headed for Wild Bight, through town and we found another dirt road, not quite as good as the first that looked to be heading to the lighthouse, hurrah, we made it.
The lighthouse and surrounding area was unbelieveable, the frensel lens was so large and the green light shone so bright.
On the far side of the lighthouse it looked like we had landed on Mars, the rocks went on forever down the coastline, they were smooth but craggy, just out of this world.
On the far side of the lighthouse it looked like we had landed on Mars, the rocks went on forever down the coastline, they were smooth but craggy, just out of this world.
Just then Ron says "I think I see a whale" Yes our first, it was great, they were quite close to shore but did not surface much, but still gave us a thrill.
The otherside of the lighthouse was layered rock, they had a great walk along the shore and I followed it down, hopeing to get more glimpses of the whales, you could hear them and see the spout of water and a little of the back but that was all.
We headed our way back to camp and there are always so many nice views, I never no when to quit.
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