Corner Brook was a total surprise

We left the park a little before noon and drove into Deer Lake to look for Colemans – to check out the seafood, as the locals tell us that is the place to buy it here. We found the BMO across the street from Colemans, so made a mental note for another day, just in case we need it. From here, we set out for Corner Brook, which is about a 30 minute drive west.  

 I am not sure what we expected, but we certainly did not expect what we found. Oh my goodness – the hills are unbelievable. I can’t believe how long and high these mountain roads are. We are definitely in the Long Range Mountains. Marble Mountain is a ski resort and the ski hills could be seen for miles before arriving at them.

Can’t imagine what the drive there will be like with the motorhome. Marcel has suggested when the day comes that I go in the back or put my sleep mask on as it truly is scary in the car and I am concerned about how I will handle these long climbs in our motor home.

There was a Walmart just down the road from the exit we took into Corner Brook. We decided to stop and look for a new pair of gummies for Marcel and bottled water for me. The water here has so much iron in it, even our ice cubes have a yellowish brown tinge.

A Viking ship in Lark Harbour

It was lunch time and as we drove around looking for a place to stop for lunch, we found a Sobey’s. We went in to get a sandwich to take out and eat as we went touring. A bonus was they had fresh cod on sale this week, so we bought some for dinner tonight and put it in our plug in cooler.  From here, we drove to Lark Harbour. This was a very scenic drive through the mountains and along the shore – breathtakingly beautiful scenery. 

Along this route is a place called “Halfway Point” and it really is the halfway point on this road. We passed “Blow me Down” provincial park. We just love the names of the places here (names like Witless Bay, Dildo, Come By Chance and Blow me Down.) 

At one 

point along this road, Marcel thought he saw a waterfall high up on a cliff on our left. To me, it looked like a metal structure. We pulled over in the parking lot for a walking trail and took out the binoculars. It was in fact, a waterfall. 

Corner Brook Pulp and Paper

We took the high road out of Corner Brook on our excursion and the low road coming back in on our way home. On the latter road, we drove by Corner Brook Pulp and Paper, which is a large mill located on the Humber River. What I noticed is that it did not have that distinctive smell of sulphur that remember from the Domtar Plant in Cornwall, ON

We didn’t get back to the park until after 5 p.m. I coated one pound of the fresh cod we bought today with flour, salt and pepper, made a herb and wild rice side dish and steamed broccoli.  I pan fried the fish in sizzling hot butter and it was absolutely delicious.

After dinner, Marcel sat outside – as it was still fairly warm. The high today was in the low 20s with a mix of sun and cloud. I sat inside and worked on the diary and blog again. We spent the rest of the evening watching the movie “You’ve got Mail” with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Good thing we haven’t seen the movie before – as we are still limited to 2 TV channels here. These are the times when I wish we had satellite TV; but as most of our travel is in the U.S., we usually have lots to choose from with our antenna or have cable TV.