Friday night in Rocky Harbour

This morning, we (actually Caro) found a great little cafe where we were able to order a nice hot breakfast. I had pancakes and Caro had a breakfast sandwich.

Something also new for us here in Newfoundland is a day with sunshine. Although the temperature is not very hot it was really nice to see and feel the sun!

We drove about 60 kms to the area we wanted to hike in. The first hike was an easy 4 km hike called Tablelands. This area is a UNESCO site because of the mantle lava that pushed itself up through the earth's crust and as this event is extremely uncommon the Tablelands area is well researched. On one side of the valley is the old mantle (see photo below) while the other side is what we would think of as regular hills/mountains.

Next we had to decide whether to complete a 3-4 hour hike or do a 2-3 hour. Both were listed as moderate hikes and due to time constraints we decided to do the shorter one; called Lookout Trail. This trail took exactly one hour to climb and was a real workout. The view from the top was magnificent and was worth the sore muscles. We could see Tablelands in one direction and Bonne Bay in the other.

The photo of the two of us shows Bonne Bay. You can just make out the a green roofed building behind Caro's right shoulder. Our car rental is down there. The second photo shows where we hiked earlier  at Tablelands (the creek in the middle of the photo)

We were at the top for 15 minutes before the wind chilled us and we headed back down. Caro's knee started giving her trouble on the way down but only on the slopes-it was fine on the flat areas.

Before heading back to Rocky Harbour we drove to a couple different sea front villages in the area. They were Trout Lake and Windy Point. Nice places to see.

Supper was at a small restaurant called Sun Set Cafe. We had fish burgers and partridge berry crumble. Both extremely yummy!

We sat down and brainstormed our plans for the next week. It has become apparent that we will miss far too many things that we would like to see down here in the south if we take the two days needed to travel to/from and visit at St. Anthony up north (no Vikings this trip!). With that decision made we started looking for accommodation a couple hours away from here for tomorrow night after we finish our scheduled boat tour about 3;30 PM. We couldn't find anything so ended up being able to get another night here at our motel so we will be up very early Sunday morning to hit the road toward Twillingate.

A nice sunset to finish off our hectic day.