We must be getting to the boonies. No wi-fi. Not even cell phone coverage in most spots. It may be a few days before we can send out more bloggings.
At Arches Provincial Park, we saw some neat natural arches at the shoreline, hundreds of feet across. Unlike capes on our west coat where this might occur, these rock arches ran parallel to the beach. We could see where there may have been a fourth arch at one time.
Our weather has been a consistant nice and yukky on alternating days.
Enroute to St.Barbe (where we caught the ferry to Labrador) (pronounced Barb not Barbie), we saw an increasing number of stacks of eight-foot-long "logs" (nothing bigger than 8" diameter) alongside the roads.
Asking around, we found that the locals get a permit from the government to cut up to one cord per year. They do this in the winter and haul them behind their snowmobiles on a sled called a "komatik", to the side of the hiway, where they are left for nearly a year. As winter again approaches, they go out and cut them into firewood, and haul them home to use a fuel for the winter. We're not sure how they prevent pirating. Maybe with one of those shotguns us tourists are not permitted to bring into Canada! 
Speaking of guns, it's hunting season for moose here and lots of folks are zooming around in their ATV's with a gun tied on. Glad we saw our one Newfie moose at Gros Morne as we've been told the moose have gone into hiding. Don't blame them.
From Gros Morne National Park, we continue up the Newfoundland Viking Trail working our way to L'anse aux Meadows.
All in all, the highway is pretty good. After all, the whole island is rock. But in some places it got a bit rough. Maybe frost heaves?
At Arches Provincial Park, we saw some neat natural arches at the shoreline, hundreds of feet across. Unlike capes on our west coat where this might occur, these rock arches ran parallel to the beach. We could see where there may have been a fourth arch at one time.Got stuck (really) for the first time ever when the RV's back wheels cut across a median grass strip getting into the narrow parking lot "IN" hole (turned out it was an "OUT" hole, but not marked). Another one of our famous firedrills to unhook the car (hitch, cables, brake system, etc) to allow AMZN.Bus to back out and go in the other way.
Filled up CuRVy with Newfie gas at $4.10/gal. when converted to U.S. gallons and U.S. $. Today the price of gas raised a penny per liter, and diesel 4 cents per liter. Think we'll get out of here with only one more fillup.
Filled up CuRVy with Newfie gas at $4.10/gal. when converted to U.S. gallons and U.S. $. Today the price of gas raised a penny per liter, and diesel 4 cents per liter. Think we'll get out of here with only one more fillup.
Our weather has been a consistant nice and yukky on alternating days.
Enroute to St.Barbe (where we caught the ferry to Labrador) (pronounced Barb not Barbie), we saw an increasing number of stacks of eight-foot-long "logs" (nothing bigger than 8" diameter) alongside the roads.
Asking around, we found that the locals get a permit from the government to cut up to one cord per year. They do this in the winter and haul them behind their snowmobiles on a sled called a "komatik", to the side of the hiway, where they are left for nearly a year. As winter again approaches, they go out and cut them into firewood, and haul them home to use a fuel for the winter. We're not sure how they prevent pirating. Maybe with one of those shotguns us tourists are not permitted to bring into Canada! Speaking of guns, it's hunting season for moose here and lots of folks are zooming around in their ATV's with a gun tied on. Glad we saw our one Newfie moose at Gros Morne as we've been told the moose have gone into hiding. Don't blame them.At Flower Cove, we saw 650-million-year-old thrombolites, strange bun-shaped "rocks" which are actually living -- the fossil-like remnants of algae and bacteria growth. It's tough to swallow that these rocks are living but maybe they were at one time.
