September 12 - River Brook, NL

Odometer - 25430.2

About 7c this AM, so had breakfast out, and went around Corner Brook, which has a big pulp and paper mill with stacks and stacks of timber. Followed route 450 down past Blow-Me-Down Provincial Park to Bottle Cove. It was windy enough to blow me down. Great elevation differences along the route - cliffs at one point, sea level at another. Lots of fishing boats, nets and lobster traps.

On down the TCH to the Port-au-Port peninsula, again a windy, winding road. More houses and people on the peninsula than we expected, with a huge limestone quarry and direct to boat loading over a cliff. Dramatic waves hitting the rock cliffs with the wind. Back to the TCH again where we ran into a lot of bridge construction. Down the road at River Brook we pulled into a little campsite with the moose hunters. So far we haven't seen a moose come back. Of course they invited us to a campfire tonight, but we have bedded down in our little yellow machine.