Bottle Cove at the end of 450
Waterfall off 450 after Frenchman's Cove
Cape Anguille Lighthouse. The largest building is an Inn
Rose Blanche at the end of the road -470
Reconstructed Rose Blanche Lighthouse
The last two days have been spent taking side trips off the Trans Canada Highway. First at Corner Brook I took 450 along the south shore of the Humber Arm and road under cloudy skies all the way to the end of the road at Dark Harbour and Bottle Cove. Then, after having checked in to my Holiday Inn room, I continued beyond Stephenville on 460/463 and circumnavigated Port au Port Peninsula on the French Ancestors Route through villages like Lourdes, Petit Jardin, Cap St Georges, and Grand Jardin, De Grau. I rode in sunlight to the end of the paved 463 to Black Duck Brook near the northern tip of the peninsula on a narrow spit of land where you can at the same time see the Gulf of St. Lawrence on one side and the Port Au Port Bay on the other.
Today I rode from Stephenville to Corner Brook and again took as many side roads off the TCH just to see what was there. One nice detour took me, via 406 to the lighthouse at Cape Anguille. Notwithstanding the detours I arrived at Port Aux Basques around 12:30. After checking in at the Port Aux Basques Hotel and lunch at a restaurant overlooking the ferry to North Sydney, I rode to the end of the road at Rose Blanche. Unfortunately for nearly the whole 40 or so kilometres from Port Aux Basques the fog was so thick that I couldn't see the water's edge, even if it was but meters away ffrom the road at times. I visited the reconstructed lighthouse at Rose Blanche and was given a personal tour by the guide.
Tonight it's football on tv. Tomorrow it's au revoir to Newfoundland and the ferry ride to North Sydney. I'm so glad I took the time to ride to so many interesting small places in Newfoudland. It's a very varied and beautiful province.
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