The-PITTSTOP: Central Newfoundland

Before leaving Cow Head, Beau and I walked around the town and spotted another interesting garbage container with an attached mini-museum inside the glass fronted lighthouse.

We continued to backtrack south from Cow Head, stopping at Berry Head Pond for Beau and I to take a relaxing walk around the small lake.

The walk started off in pretty wooded area with ferns and masses of wildflowers

Gnarly Trees!

We continued south, making a detour to visit Norris Point, a small town on the coast within Gros Morne National Park. Stopped at a lookout and drove around the small town.

Fun weathervane at Jenniex House at Norris Point Overlook

Village of Norris Point

We picked up the TransCanada Highway (Route 1) and headed east stopping at the slightly larger town of Deer Lake to do a little grocery shopping. We stopped for the night in a wonderful local campground on Deer Lake. Although the weather started out nice, by the time we stopped for a campsite, it had clouded up and became windy, so we skipped a site on the lake. A great park for families - had a wonderful massive bouncy mound that the about 30 kids were enjoying. It was in the high 50's with a wind, and the kids and adults were walking around in tank tops, shorts, and flip flops. As I shuddered feeling cold just looking at them, I saw some kids in the water!!!!

Next morning, we drove a bit further east on Route 1, and then we took Route 410 north to Westport where an iceberg was sighted. Drove through the small town and found a great little spot where we pulled in next to folks from Ontario doing the same thing we were.

I scrambled down the rocky beach next to a cute little waterfall to walk around the edge of the water where I found a couple Bergy Bits. Iceberg ice is thousands of years old and some of the purest water on Earth. I managed to collect a good sized piece that would fit in our freezer so we could make our Happy Hour cocktail hour with glacial ice.