The Bay of Islands is just 50 minutes outside of Corner Brook, Newfoundland. The dark blue mountains towered over the deep greenery that lined one side of the road. The bay was dotted with blue islands, beckoning to be…
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Newfoundland
A bushing that allows Doug to attach the front wheel to his bicycle was lost just before we entered Canada and we discovered the issue in Quebec City, which we planned to ride around. Rushing from bicycle shop to…
I’ve already mentioned that we were fast-tracking it back from St. John’s to Channel-Port aux Basques to catch the shortest ferry possible for the dog. After a couple of days in and around Bonavista (post here) we had one…
From St. John’s Newfoundland, we were forced to begin the trip back to Channel-Port aux Basques to catch the ferry to Nova Scotia as the ferry from St. John’s back to the mainland would have required that Bailey stay…
St. John’s is, by far, the largest city in Newfoundland with about 186,000 residents (which is about the same size as Santa Rosa CA, Billings plus Missoula MT, and Eugene OR). Newfoundland’s second largest city is Corner Brook, which…
From Gros Morne (post here) we travelled the Trans-Canada Highway for the next few days towards St. John’s, Newfoundland. Pilley’s Island and Surrounding Area Our first stop was Pilley’s Island for an overnight Harvest Host stay at Bumble Bee…
Taking the Western Brook Pond boat tour was a Newfoundland highlight. Calling it a pond is a bit of understatement. This is a large deep lake that was once a fjord open to the ocean like Bonne Bay. It…
We left our scenic camp spot alongside Bonne Bay to drive north, following highway 430 that skirts Newfoundland’s western coast. This scenic drive is known as the Viking Trail. The meandering black pavement split our scenic views. On the…
After 6 picturesque days on Prince Edward Island (post here), we began the journey back across the Confederation Bridge and down through Nova Scotia to the ferry in Sydney that would transport us and the RV to Newfoundland! The…
