We left the park a little after 9 a.m. for our drive along the Viking Trail. The scenery as we drove through Gros Morne National Park is spectacular. It reminded us of Arizona, but with trees! The drive up the coast reminded us of driving parts of the South Carolina or Florida coast, minus the high rise buildings. It was hard to believe the water we were looking at was the Gulf of St. Lawrence – it was as blue as blue could be. As we headed further north, the channel narrowed and we could see Labrador.
Arches Provincial Park |
Daniel's Harbour |
Icebergs at Goose Cove |
Icebergs at Goose Cove |
Icebergs at Goose Cove |
Goose Cove |
Fog rolling in at Goose Cove |
View from our B&B |
Marilyn asked if we had eaten. We told her we had not, and were hoping to find something in the area, she recommended a restaurant a few km down the road that offered fresh seafood and had entertainment tonight. We settled in our room, had a “before dinner” drink and set off for the restaurant. We arrived to find all tables had a “reserved” sign on them and we were told there was no availability as all tables had been booked for the show. When I told the waitress, we were staying in the area and the lady who owned the B&B had recommended it, she asked if we would be willing to just have dinner and not stay for the show (eat and run, so to speak). We agreed, and they seated us. We both ordered the special of the night – a seafood platter – and we were not disappointed – shrimps, scallops and cod, of course all was deep fried (which we didn’t realize) – some with a heavier batter than others, but I am learning that seems to be common in a lot of restaurants in Newfoundland.
After dinner we drove to the L’Ans-aux Meadows historic site. It was closed for the day, but we read enough of the signage there to decide that we would rather do that now than an iceberg boat tour. We returned to the B&B. Marilyn met us outside at our door and asked us about the entertainment. We explained all tables had been booked for the show, but we were able to have dinner. We asked her if we could cancel the boat tour that she had booked for us – and she told us she already had – as she didn’t think we would be interested in going out of this location, given that all the icebergs were now in St. Anthony. We were pleased as now we will visit the historic site and then perhaps go to Norstead (a re-enactment and re-creation of a Viking village) before heading back to Deer Lake tomorrow.
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