We left Rocky Harbour in good time and stopped at Port au Choix, a site of very early habitation on the continent.
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| Mary took this picture of a very small flower that grows close to the ground |
Lunch was at Port aux Choix, fish chowder, moose pie and partridgeberry cake. All very good. The moose meat was similar to beef but in preparation it is frozen to break down the particles.
Port aux Choix has a thriving fishing industry.
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| Crab nets |
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| Port aux Choix. View from the restaurant |
After lunch we had a long drive to St. Anthony which is about as far as you can go in Newfoundland. I sat back and enjoyed the last three Mozart symphonies while watching the interesting lakes, forests and swamps.
We went out in a small boat which tossed about a bit but is turns out that both Mary and I are good sailors and didn't feel the slightest bit sick. Regulations require tour boats to keep at least 100 metres away from the whales but we didn't get much closer than 300 metres. We saw a mother and a calf surfacing, then diving back making a good show with their tails. The boat was moving about a lot and with the distance I decided not to attempt pictures.
The crew had a tame iceberg for us to visit. This was an enormous bit of ice that had grounded so we were able to approach it easily and go round it.
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| Our boat at St. Anthony |
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| All we needed was a gigantic gin and tonic to go with this very old ice |
We were surprised to see a great amount of rocks (some very large) and gravel on the top surface. This was an indication that this was recent ice.
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| Thanks to Mary Tregunno for this picture of the ice with the iceberg in the background. |
We are staying two nights at the Grenville Hotel and Motel. The room is quite spacious and there are two wonderful pictures above our beds
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