Never Surrender

 St. Bride's may be the most remote place we have ever been.  There was not even cell phone coverage! Well, we left St. Bride's this morning in the fog, after an overnight rain.  We never did see much of the surrounding countryside because of the fog, nor did we find the herd of caribou that was supposed to be in the area.

Not too far out of St. Bride's, maybe about 15 miles, the weather brightened considerably and we could see the coast line cliffs and St. Mary's Bay. It was beautiful and we would have taken some pictures but there was no place to pull off the road. We did  stop in Beackford Head, a little fishing village on St. Mary's Bay. The trip to St. John's was beautiful. We passed through the Avalon Wilderness Reserve and travelled on a road that crossed the internal plateau.

The Village of Beackford Head. Notice the orange and turquoise houses. Many of the houses in Newfoundland are painted in saturated colors. 

The name on one of the boats in the harbor was the Never Surrender. That seems to sum up the quality of the Newfoundland people.

We crosses about four rivers; I believe this is called the Salmon River. Notice the angler in the rushing waters. I took this picture from the bridge that crosses the river.

This is the view of the same river from the other side of the bridge.

One of the features that we have noticed is how they erect power poles and lines.  Since there is little soil on top of the bedrock, they cannot sink the poles into the ground.  The solution is to build these large wooden fences around the poles and pile rocks around the pole to keep it upright.  It seems to work really well.

The highlands in central Avalon Peninsula on eastern Newfoundland.  The pine trees are mostly stunted from the harsh wind, but the roadsides were covered in wildflowers. That's a lake in the middle of the picture.

When we got to St. John's we located our campground which is in Pippy Park. Pippy Park is in the northern part of St. John's and is compared to New York's Central Park. After setting up camp we went out to find a laundromat and a grocery store.

While we were waiting for the clothes to wash we took a little walk around the block. 

At the grocery store they not only have handicapped parking, but also spots for parents with small children. I think this is supposed to be a stork.