Worth the drive!
Saturday July 14th we arrived in Twillingate Newfoundland and booked into an oceanside RV park for several days.
Twillingate extends into the iceberg corridor of the north east coast of Newfoundland. This is a historical and very picturesque town.
After traveling the approximately 100 miles by ferry from North Sidney, NS to Port aux Basque, NL we arrived at 6:30 P.M. Friday in such dense fog that all we could see were rocks covered by low spreading bushes. Saturday we traveled east and north on the Trans Canada Highway (TCH) to central Newfoundland then left this highway to go north to Twillingate. What an experience! It is surrounded by low foreboding rock outcrops, white houses and docks that are perched on the edge of the sea. This is Newfoundland.
On the highway into Twillingate we spotted an iceberg glistening and shimmering in the 28 degree C sunshine. That evening a meal of traditional Newfoundland cooking was enjoyed with dessert being a "partridgeberry" sundae.
Sunday July 15th at 1 P.M. we left on a boat tour to get up close and personal with an iceberg. This was the same one we had seen from the highway. Twenty meters extended above the ocean as it glistened from the ice water running down its sides. This berg was stuck in a large bay, landlocked on 3 sides and will melt there.
When we arrived back at our mobile home, where Winston had spent the afternoon alone, we were tired, sunburned and happy.
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Sunday July 15th at 1 P.M. we left on a boat tour to get up close and personal with an iceberg. This was the same one we had seen from the highway. Twenty meters extended above the ocean as it glistened from the ice water running down its sides. This berg was stuck in a large bay, landlocked on 3 sides and will melt there.
When we arrived back at our mobile home, where Winston had spent the afternoon alone, we were tired, sunburned and happy.
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posted by Ruthie @ 7:10 p.m.
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