Day 8 Blog
06-30-13
Day 8 of our tour of the
Canadian Maritime Provinces started out with a beautiful sunrise witnessed by
Winston at 4:15AM. Unfortunately he had
left his camera out in the heavy rain the night before, so he could not provide
proof of the mirage he saw to the rest of us who don’t get up before the crows
crow. Needless to say we all witnessed
the same gray clouds of the previous days when we finally arose.
This was our day to explore
Parc National de Forillon on our own.
Some did ride sharing, others went on their own, and Jody went with
Mangus. The South portion of the Park
was very interesting with the road going along the seashore. It gave us the opportunity to see some
commercial fisherman just off shore with seagulls all around them. It also has a fishing pier where anyone can
fish for mackerel without a fishing license.
We only saw one successful fisherman who was cleaning his catch for the
day, while everyone still on the pier had nothing.
At this location they also had the Wm. Hyman & Son Store. This store is a historical exhibit of what the actual store had in the late 1800’s, and also had a 20 minute film that recounted the life of that time when Fishing for Cod was the main source of the economy.
As we drove out further we also saw 2 old cemeteries that actually had a recent grave or two. When we got to the end of the road we were treated to an excellent view of a Lighthouse out on the point.
As we headed back to go to the North portion of the Park, the sun made a hole in the clouds at 2:00PM and shown through for about 10 minutes, but by 2:45 it was raining. The North Portion of the park was mainly scenic views and the rain had stopped by the time we got back to our campsite.
By the time we got back, our Wagonmaster, Barry Klein, had already cooked some of the Lobsters for our group dinner. They were all about 2 pound lobsters and looked outstanding when taken out of the pots and placed on the table.
Submitted by: Phil and Cheryl Hawkins
Adventure #8
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