Daily Archives: September 8, 2009
Moose in Newfoundland – 110,000. Moose Jan saw – 0
This is our last full day in Newfoundland.
After breakfast at Jungle Jim’s we left the hotel in Corner Brook on our way to Port Aux Basques (Pronounced ‘Port Ah Baas’), 132 miles away, where we will catch the ferry back to Nova Scotia tomorrow at 11:30 am.
But before we left town we stopped at Walmart for some ‘stuff’ and then to take some last pics of the place.
Corner Brook 1
Corner Brook 2
Most readers of our blog know that Jan is MOOSE crazy. She had really hoped to see some moose over here. In fact, everyone we have talked to that have been here have seen moose, a lot of moose. But Jan has seen ZIP, ZERO, NADA while we are here.
I mean, there’s 110,000 moose here and it’s really not that large a place. We did our best. We slowed down whenever we saw someone pulled over, in case they were seeing a moose. We checked out every pond, lake, and stream along the highway. No luck.
About 20 miles outside Port Aux Basques we came thru the ‘Wrecknation’ area. This is an area known for its extremely high winds, I mean, really, really high. Like over 125 mph!
And this is not from a storm. These are just high winds off the ocean being channeled thru the valley below.
But today there was no wind whatsoever. Lucky us.
We got into Port Aus Basques about 2:30 pm and got checked in.
After a quick lunch, we drove around the area and checked to be sure we knew where to go for the ferry tomorrow
Coming back to the hotel, it seemed like a nap was in order, and then about 7 pm, we had dinner in the hotel restaurant.
Tomorrow we have a 5 hour ferry ride back to the mainland.
Anchors away!
