Hikes and Sights

Wednesday there was a chance of showers all day so we puttered around the trailer, went to the little town nearby and stopped at the Welcome Center. It still hadn’t rained and I was getting antsy so I decided to take Matey and walk partway back along the Coastal Trail. Bud said he could pick us up at the Government Wharf which was supposed to be just 2 km along the trail.

It was another nicely done trail…

with just enough structure to protect you and the woods.

We’re getting in to summer here, the creeping dogwood has berries…

and wild roses are in bloom.

The bog laural is still blooming, though.

This is the Coastal Trail and I got some peeks at Newman Sound.

Then the trail took us down on a slip of beach…

and Matey took advantage of that to cool off. It was over 80 degrees here Wednesday and today.

Coming from the beach we got to go up this fern lined boardwalk.

The walk was closer to 2.5 km than 2 km. Bud started wondering where we were so he came walking back and met us.

This is Government Wharf. It has a pretty nice boat ramp…

with some lawn and picnic tables.

There was supposed to be a falls, which we hadn’t seen. It was impossible to miss where the trail went as it crossed the paved area.

Not far on the other side we found the falls.

I felt better for getting a walk in and we never did get rained on.

Today we decided to go back to Skerwink Trail. Last year we hiked it but saw no whales. We were hoping they would be there this year. We arrived a bit before 10 AM and there was still quite a bit of fog around. The first part of the trail is a bike path and I took Matey in the stroller for just under a half mile.

When the bike path ended we left the stroller next to some bushes just off the trail.

It was still a nice path, but not stroller friendly.

We got to the cliffs and little beaches where the whales might be. There was good visibility along the shore but no whales.

It is still a beautiful walk…

among the most gorgeous places we’ve been.

We went a bit further out than we went last year but still didn’t go all the way to the head as the fog was blowing by and we knew there would be no viewing of any kind out there.

Besides, by the time we negotiated all the steps back…

and looked at the beaches from the other side (still no whales)…

Matey had had enough and was happy for a stroller ride.

This was back towards the start and end of the walk, what a beautiful place to live!

Dennis’s sister, Maxine, told me that if we were out there we really should drive around to the little town of Trinity, on the other side of the bay.

It’s one of the oldest European towns in North America and has many old buildings.

It was very pretty.

There were a lot of historical buildings, many painted bright colors.

I could easily have spent a couple of hours walking around.

I think you could tour a number of these quaint houses.

Here’s another unique Anglican Church. (I still like the one at Burnside better.)

Bud and Matey were both tired so we just cruised through and I snapped whatever pictures I could.

So things aren’t quite centered.

There were just so many picturesque buildings.

This is looking across the bay to the peninsula where the Skerwink Trail is. It’s still shrouded in fog.

This is the lighthouse, fog still streaming by. While we were on the trail we heard the foghorn from this lighthouse sounding.

After our too quick tour of Trinity…

we drove back through more beautiful countryside. We detoured a few miles to Clarenville to stop at a store and didn’t get back to the trailer until almost four o’clock. Another full day of beauty.