Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Friday 14 August
Gravel pit
Anse au Clair
BLACK FLIES, BLACK FLIES, BLACK FLIES!!!!! Gawd, what a time trying to pack everything up and get it on the bike this morning! Had to fight with a black fly trying to drag my granola bar away! Swarms of the little demons….every time I took a breath I inhaled three generations of “the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl the face of this earth” (apologies to Mr. Swift).
Off to the local restaurant to splurge all the money we saved on accommodations for a delicious breakfast then off to Red Bay and hopefully Battle Harbour. The road up the coast was good, to bad. to worst. to better. To ?????!
Forteau Bay, Anse L’Amour, L’Anse au Loup, West St Modeste, Pinware, and finally Red Bay.
Battle Harbour was definitely a no-go! Hard packed red dirt covered in loose stones the size of marbles……
Red Bay used to be a big whaling stop back in the day. Lovely little town….
We left there just as the rain was starting and by the time we were to West St Modest we had to be in full rain gear!
Suzie scuttled the trip down to Old Fort because “I don’t want to ride 79 kilometer down there through the wood in the pouring rain just to turn around and come back again!” Made good sense when I think of it,,,,,
Back to the terminal in Blanc Sablon. to verify our reservations for the boat to Natashquan and a long wait on a rainy day for the midnight sailing!
Okay, tickets are in hand and we’re good to go!
Anse au Clair
BLACK FLIES, BLACK FLIES, BLACK FLIES!!!!! Gawd, what a time trying to pack everything up and get it on the bike this morning! Had to fight with a black fly trying to drag my granola bar away! Swarms of the little demons….every time I took a breath I inhaled three generations of “the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl the face of this earth” (apologies to Mr. Swift).
Off to the local restaurant to splurge all the money we saved on accommodations for a delicious breakfast then off to Red Bay and hopefully Battle Harbour. The road up the coast was good, to bad. to worst. to better. To ?????!
Forteau Bay, Anse L’Amour, L’Anse au Loup, West St Modeste, Pinware, and finally Red Bay.
Battle Harbour was definitely a no-go! Hard packed red dirt covered in loose stones the size of marbles……
Red Bay used to be a big whaling stop back in the day. Lovely little town….
We left there just as the rain was starting and by the time we were to West St Modest we had to be in full rain gear!
Suzie scuttled the trip down to Old Fort because “I don’t want to ride 79 kilometer down there through the wood in the pouring rain just to turn around and come back again!” Made good sense when I think of it,,,,,
Back to the terminal in Blanc Sablon. to verify our reservations for the boat to Natashquan and a long wait on a rainy day for the midnight sailing!
Okay, tickets are in hand and we’re good to go!
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