After sleeping in until after 8 am we enjoy a lazy morning with coffee and breakfast. We take off to explore some of the towns north of here. These are the same towns that we drove past yesterday while pulling the trailer. As we travel north we see Brett camped off the road getting ready to hop on his bike.
Our first stop is Marys Harbour about 70 miles north of our campsite. We are curious about Battle Harbour a restored fishing village run by Parks Canada (The National Park System of Canada.) It’s on an island off the coast of Labrador. Traveling past Marys Harbour yesterday we did not see the village. It’s off the main highway. It surprised us how large it is. There is a school, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a nursing home, and much more. We learn more about the restored fishing village which one must take a tour boat to so we sign up for tomorrow. After a short hike to a nearby hill we head south to Red Bay. Basque whalers stayed here in the 1600’s. They took advantage of how Labrador and Newfound form the strait where right whales were easy pickings. The Basque stayed for several months each year killing the migrating whales and rendering them into oil. There are parts of a shipwrecked Basque whaling ship and scale models. Red Bay is a picturesque harbor community. After exploring there we head towards the campground.
We are traveling along the route we’ve been told one sees lots of bears and foxes here. Since leaving Quebec several hundred miles ago we’ve spotted a few birds and one squirrel. We finally see a black bear and manage to get a few photos.
Back at the campground we fix supper and play cribbage. We plan on leaving at 8 in the morning to get on the tour boat to Battle Harbour.
Seeing North America 