- Caribou – 1
- Moose – 3
- Icebergs – 9+
- Puffins- 0
- Whales – 0
Travel day. Today we’re headed to the North of the West Arm to spend the night near St Anthony. It will be a long drive so we’re up early to cook an egg breakfast on the now functional Blackstone griddle, Yeah! Yummy. Then off to the showers before packing up and heading out at around 9:00am.
Out of the campground we turn North on Route 430 and the drive is expected to take about 4 1/2hrs. Our first stop was Arches Provincial Park where we walked down on the pebble beach admiring the stone arches formed over thousands of years from wave & weather.
Further North we stop at Plum Point for a lunch in the van overlooking a lovely quiet bay in the sunshine. From here we headed to Flowers Cove where we stopped to hike a short trail and look at the Thrombolites. These are really rare rock formations from millions of years ago. A plaque tells us that they can also be found in a location in Western Australia.
A little North of Flowers Cove we spotted our first iceberg of the day!
It was a long way out in the Strait of Belle Isle and really just a blip on the horizon, but Barb got to tick something else off of her list.
We finish the day driving to Saint Lunaire-Griquet where after seeing more icebergs in the harbour, we stopped at The Daily Catch restaurant. We are staying in their parking lot as they are a Harvest Hosts location. We reserved the spot earlier today and we stay for free but are expected to frequent the establishment. A seafood dinner is in order and was delicious!
Tomorrow we spend a day amongst the Vikings!