rocky harbour, newfoundland

 

We stayed in this little village for 5 nights.

The view from our hotel room was absolutely stunning.

Each evening everyone gathered across the street to take pics of the sunset.

These pictures are all from our first evening there.

The changes in the sky in those few minutes as the sun

was setting were incredible.

back to reality

 Several weeks ago a pretty ferocious storm blew in

leaving our deck with quite an impressive drift.

Howard shoveled it off a few days ago.

Good thing.

Yesterday we had yet another brutal storm.

If it hadn't been a holiday it would have definitely been a storm day.

This morning the deck looked like this 

and we enjoyed a gloriously cold and sunny day after the storm.

And

all the schools in the area were closed due to

stormed in roads.

:)

the rock

 Another winter storm this morning makes thinking back to

arriving in Newfoundland

even sweeter.

 The ferry service to Newfoundland is erratic, at best.

The islanders are pretty much fed up with their portion of

the Trans Canada highway.

Our trip across was delayed almost 7 hours.

On the way back, we waited almost 5 hours before casting off 

way behind schedule.

The up side - the crossings were smooth and as a result - fast
and the ferries are gorgeous ships.

 The waiting room.

 Wide and beautiful highways.

 The Gros Morne mountain gives its name to

Gros Morne National Park.

Miles and miles of moose fences.

We did not see one moose on our 9 hour return journey.

on the cabot trail

The Rankin Family is a group comprised of siblings.

Their music is so Canadian - so Gaelic - so Cape Breton!

As we were driving up the Trail, we came across this

very small town

with a very large sign!

We loved Cape Breton.