Packed up and left Raleigh after a breakfast that had moose sausage as part of it at Burnt Cape Cafe. They make their own sausage and it was quite good. We weren’t quite sure where we were heading but know that we are heading toward eastern Nfld. It is really intriguing, however, that in order to south and east, we actually had to travel north and west.
Figure that one out. The highway system in Nfld means that we needed to go back the same highway as we came to Raleigh but we got to see the scenery from a different direction and as we proceeded the sun came out. We saw our morning moose and caribou. I have seen more moose in the last few days than I have seen in my whole life. Sometimes I think I am not too bright…going along the highway and looking at the fog over the water I mentioned to Greg that it looked like a hill…dah…bank …fog bank. Oh well. We stopped a few places along the way one of which was The Arches provincial park.
Didn’t have to go to the USA (have seen these too and just a bit different in every way). We also stopped at a spot where we saw the familiar chairs. A couple that were there ahead of us said there was something popping its head up out of the water. Turned out to be a seal.
Before we drove back down the embankment, a rather large van made its way along the potholed trail and up the same embankment on which we were parked. Turns out they are from a group called Parley TV. They were just setting up to do a cleanup of plastic on this part of the coastline. The excess use of plastic is world wide problem of which we all are painfully aware. The damage caused by single-use plastic has become an environmental disaster both on dry land and in the waters of the world. Marion and I have taken numerous steps to reduce the amount of single-use plastic we consume, so it was with great interest that we chatted with them. Educate yourself about the environmental disaster plastic has become and what Parley does (click here). We stopped in Rocky Harbour and found a cabin for the next two nights. Hopefully a boat tour in Gros Morin Park tomorrow. Stay tuned.
Just discovered the answer to a question we had a few days ago about the name of “Cow Head”. Turns out that the it was named Cow Head as it is the home of a large rock that is shaped like, you guessed it, a cow’s head.
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