From Bonavista on the east coast of Newfoundland, we scooted across the province to the west coast towards the ferry to Nova Scotia in Channel Port-Aux-Basques. Not in any hurry, as our ferry wasn’t for many days, we first made a quick stop in Corner Brook, with its distinct lumber mill aroma, and then continued on to the Grand Codroy Valley. We made Grand Codroy Camping our home base for a few days as we explored the beautiful region, with its vast landscapes of mountains and lakes and ocean beaches. The campground had a inspirational forest walk, with sign posts dotted around with motivational quotes, that we thoroughly enjoyed. The scents of the forest made one of the girls exclaim that it smelled like ‘a hundred Christmases altogether’.