When we got off of the ferry we spent three days dry camping near Port Aux Basques. We then went to Stephenville and camped on the old WWII airport at the end of one of the old taxi ways. This was Harmon field and was built US Army Air Corp. http://www.heritage.nf.ca/law/stephenville_base.html

All of the streets in the town are named after US States.

Our next stop was Corner Brook; it was the first time we had any hookups but no Wi-Fi. Corner Brook is the only city in the west coast of any size. This was a very clean city with extremely friendly people.

We are at Rocky Harbour now and will leave in the morning. We have seen a good portion of the west coast. Our next stop is Saint Anthony; this is at the top of the western peninsula. We won’t have any Wi-Fi in the campgrounds for the next week. The west coast area is very sparsely populated with limited services.

Rose Blanche Light House

Corner Brook

Along the beach at our first stop in Newfoundland

Port Aux Basques

We camped here on and old US Army Air Corp field built during WWII

Corner Brook

Getting ready for the zip line

Rocky Habour

Boat Trip Western Brook Pond July 24.

Second deck of ferry

We are now on the ferry traveling the one hundred miles to Newfoundland. The Ship is 587 feet long. It has a nice cafeteria, a lounge with a group playing country music, and plenty of comfortable seats. It also has WiFi, TV and a theater. The trip will take about six hours. At our next campground we will be dry camping. I don’t know we will get another internet connection.

Waiting to load.

Up the loading ramp

View of harbor

Bow open.

Bow almost closed

Inside the ferry on the third deck.
The first and second deck was all tractors and trailers.
Some of the trailers were put on with out the tractor

Newfoundland Trip

Wednesday everyone arrived by 6:00 PM and we all had a nice salmon dinner at a local restaurant.

Thursday we went whale watching; there were whales all around us feeding on small herring otherwise known as sardines. It was a wonderful trip; sunny and calm. We saw many other items of interest including; salmon farms and harbor seals.

This is a lighthouse in New Brunswick.

Harbor Seals

Fin Whale they can grow to 88 feet in length.

This was one of the Salmon Farms in the area. There are about 100. It takes about 18 months for the salmon to grow to harvest size of about 24 inches. It takes about six years in the wild for the same amount of growth.