The first day on my own saw me driving north on the Baie Vert Peninsula to La Scie, circled in red on the map to the left. La Scie is on the Iceberg Alley and I was hoping to spot a few.
But first I had to get there. The drive reminded me of that arcade game where you use a steering wheel to try to keep a vehicle on a road that is forever moving, kind of a frantic never quite in control experience. In this case, I watched Google maps, I watched my speedometer, I watched the the road for traffic and I watched the road for moose AND I watched the road for potholes.
And potholes there were in abundance! I’m happy I spent the first 10 days of this trip with Tracey driving so I could watch how she negotiated pothole minefields.
I planned to go to Round Harbour on the way to La Scie, but a wrong turn took me to Harbour Round, a small picturesque fishing (or former fishing) community. While photographing the leaning shed on the right, I noticed a wedding shoot going on in the distance. You can click on the images to see larger versions.
I eventually found La Scie – Round Harbour would wait til the morning – a photogenic fishing centre. See the cute sheds in the photo at the top of this post.
The entire fleet appeared to be in the harbour, and one fisher confirmed that the weather forecast was so dire they all came into port.
As I wandered along the dock (having missed the authorized personnel only sign 🙄) I noticed that a few of the boats had personal dedications. The owner of the boat in the middle photo dedicated his vessel to his dead father. The boat with the photo of the two young women is called the Atlantic Princess. I’m not sure if the princess is the one on the left or the one on the right. I found these dedications quite touching.
In some novel or other I read about “mother-in-law doors.” They are a good distance off the ground and will lead to disabling injuries should a mother-in-law exit (voluntarily or not 😉) that way. It’s a good story, but the reality is that NL houses used to be built with one door. Provincial politicians decided two were better for safety reasons, so some homeowners complied by building a second door they never intended to use.
Next stop Twillingate! See you then!
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