Corner Brook and Grand Codroy Camping, Newfoundland

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’.

Chap’s Garage - a must see for memorabilia fans

Twillingate: Icebergs at Sunset

There is something incredibly relaxing and life-affirming about watching icebergs at sunset. The beauty of nature splashed in vivid colour by the setting sun. The sound of water and cracking ice. A gentle breeze one evening, a whipping wind the next.

Our evenings in Twillingate seem a world away these days. Perhaps one day we will have the opportunity to again sit in silence in a faraway place, marveling at nature in all her glory, without our worries weighing so heavily on our shoulders.

Forillon National Park and a Golden Sunset Along the St. Lawrence River

Our last days in Quebec were spent at Forillon National Park, where we enjoyed views along the Atlantic and hiked the Les Graves trail out to the Cap Gaspe lighthouse. We were joined by a friendly porcupine and an inquisitive moose. We absolutely positively did not hear bears in the brush. We missed seeing the coastal drive west along the St. Lawrence river in daytime but we did end the trip with one of the most beautiful sunsets I’ve seen in my life.

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