Thursday, August 15, 2019
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| A Wild Newfie Creature attacks the RV |
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| The Muster Station |
This morning it was cold when I awoke. Jane was clinging to me for warmth and I dreaded leaving the cozy bed to make coffee. Autumn has arrived since we’ve been here as the locals said it would. We’ve been wearing long pants and long sleeve shirts and enjoying the cool evening temperatures. After we warmed up, ate breakfast and broke camp, we drove to the nearby campground information center (near the Muster Station) that was close and spent awhile at an outdoor picnic table taking advantage of the wi-fi to post blogs, catch up on emails and make reservations for the next several days.
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| Made from 20,000-Year-Old Glacier Water |
We drove about 20 minutes to the nearby village of Trinity where we immediately parked the RV and took to foot to explore. Trinity has a very protected harbor and is yet another quaint historic fishing village. The buildings have been well-maintained and are very picturesque along the coastal hillsides. There is a well-regarded theater here (Rising Tide Theatre) and restaurant (Twine Loft Dining) but our timing was off to take advantage of either. We walked around town and settled in at the waterside Dock Marina Restaurant & Arts Gallery for lunch. We had mussels for an appetizer and Jane had a voluptuous seafood salad while I enjoyed a great shrimp linguine followed by carrot cake with coffee for dessert. After lunch, we went through the arts and crafts store and the Trinity Museum before serendipitously ending up near our RV and departing.
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| Trinity – No Missing Pieces |
We drove back to the TCH, then north on the TCH, and then took another highway toward Lumsden to the Windmill Bight Municipal Campground where we set up. After relaxing with a glass of wine, we walked the road to the beach. What a sight! Beyond the usual rocks along Newfoundland beaches was a nice sandy beach with breaking waves. We walked along the beach until we came to an intersection where a freshwater brook entered the ocean. Nearby we spied a lone unoccupied bench that was oriented westerly. So, we occupied the bench and waited for sunset enjoying the sights and sounds of the waves crashing into boulders further down the beach. Around the time of the pretty sunset, Jane spotted dolphins in the surf that transmogrified into two surfers in wetsuits. We watched them for awhile as they surfed and drifted with the current parallel to the shore. Finally, we walked back on a path along the brook that connected to a pond and we were then back on track to return to the campground. We snacked for dinner at the RV before heading to bed. (It turned out that the power supply here was reverse polarity so that we relied on our coach batteries for electricity.)
Ephemeral Footprints on the Beach |
| Sunset near Lumsden |