Our Home on the Road

Our Summer 2005 trailer trip was a journey to the Atlantic Canada province of Newfoundland and Labrador. We loaded our rig onto a ferry in Nova Scotia for a six hour boat ride to the island of Newfoundland and spent a month driving around exploring the beautiful province. It was the first long trip with our new Ford F150 truck, and it did a great job pulling our 26-foot trailer. We stayed in some scenic campgrounds...this site overlooked Witless Bay near St. John's.



          


This photo shows the rushing Pinware River in Labrador. Water is everywhere in this province...oceans, bays, rivers, creeks, ponds. We took a ferry to get from Newfoundland to Labrador and spent several days exploring that area. There are only a few miles of paved roads to drive in Labrador.




          



There are so many quiet, picturesque little fishing towns. This picture was taken at Savage, a small village located on the Eastport Peninsula jutting out into the Atlantic Ocean. The cod fishery is declining all around Newfoundland, and many of the young people are leaving to find work elsewhere.


     

When we visited St. John's, we attended the "Signal Hill Tattoo," a re-enactment of 19th century military exercises. We loved the bagpipes and drums.

 



     



The town of Bonavista lies at the northern tip of Newfoundland's Bonavista Peninsula, and is the spot where John Cabot first landed in the Americas.










The Matthew is a replica of John Cabot's ship. As long-time sailors, we enjoyed a tour aboard the beautiful vessel.

 



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Cape Spear is the easternmost point in North America.