We left the highlands of the Gros Marne region and again caught the Trans Canada
Highway at Deer Lake, but not before spending a couple of hours at the Newfoundland
Insectarium at Deer Lake. This
three-story building was filled with amazing insects and exhibits that spanned
most of the continents on earth. We just
had to top it off in the butterfly wing with hundreds of the most colorful
flyers in existence – eat your hearts out airlines, your airplanes don’t look
anywhere near that cool!
Then it was on
to Grand Falls – Windsor for a “campout” at the Wal Mart parking lot. Say what you want, but we had the best and
fastest WiFi for free. On a long trip
logistics are not always easy, but we found a trusty GMC dealer to get our
faithful GMC Canyon toad serviced by the friendliest dealership she has ever
been in. Kudos to Newfoundlanders once
again! June 9th found us
along the Trans Canada Highway heading for Twillingate and hoping for whales
and puffins.
 |
| The view from Dildo Run Provincial park |
Canada is well known for its magnificent national parks
administered by Parks Canada, but we have found wonderful lesser known parks in
the Provinces. This was no exception as
we settled into Dildo Run Provincial Park for a few days. Yes, that really is the name of the
park! The ranger staff was outstanding
and ordered a day of sunshine just for us the next day. We have found our early arrival in
Newfoundland to be an advantage as the tourist season really doesn’t start
until the first of July and in the case of our camp we were one of a half-dozen
units in a campground of 75-80 sites.
 |
| Twillingate |
We
toured Twillingate in the morning and booked an ice berg and whale boat tour
with Captain Dave. Unlike many of the
tour boats that are large, Captain Dave offered a bare bones 23 foot open bow
boat that maxed out at five passengers.
We got within reach of yet another magnificent ice berg with more
fantastic photos and captured some glacier ice along the way. We also had the hands-on opportunity to help
Captain Dave pull and check his lobster traps on the way back to his
wharf.
 |
| Chaco's wondering where the squirrel went.. |
 |
| Another iceberg boat ride, this time with Captain Dave's Prime Berth |
We left the highlands of the Gros Marne region and again caught the Trans Canada
Highway at Deer Lake, but not before spending a couple of hours at the Newfoundland
Insectarium at Deer Lake. This
three-story building was filled with amazing insects and exhibits that spanned
most of the continents on earth. We just
had to top it off in the butterfly wing with hundreds of the most colorful
flyers in existence – eat your hearts out airlines, your airplanes don’t look
anywhere near that cool! 
No comments:
Post a Comment
Thanks for reading and commenting on our blog