NEWFOUNDLAND.
Day 88 – It was still 53 degrees this morning. And windy. And then when we’d given up all hope, around 11 a.m., the sun appeared. Good Day Sunshine. We were out the door shortly thereafter.
Fogo with Brimstone Head in the background, Fogo Island, NF
We explored other towns today, for example – Deep Bay, Island Harbour, Seldom, followed shortly with Seldom Come By, Little Seldom, and Stag Harbour. Each village was alike in that fishing was obviously #1, and each town had a wharf, in a sheltered cove which was nicely protected. Stag Harbour was the location of the ferry terminal. Seldom had a couple of fishing museums, a couple of industrial buildings, a larger harbor, and the Fogo Island Seafood Co-Op. We found out that almost half of the small towns had a fish processing plant. One village did all the shrimp; one village processed the lobster; one town handled all the crab; another town the whitefish. The town called Seldom had the plant where all the fish are brought after processing, for shipment elsewhere. They also had a store where fishing supplies were sold, and a counter for locals & tourists to purchase their fresh fish. We got 4 lbs. of fresh snow crab already out of the shell.
We ate the lunch we’d brought from the RV, at a pull-out overlooking the Seldom Harbor. The sun stayed out – we were surprised – so we hurried back to the campground because we wanted to sit outside by the Ocean. The musical campsite game had already taken place and we had new RV’s, Trailers, Buses & Vans we could gawk at. They gawked back, LOL. No, really, the campground was packed again, most of the vehicles were newly arrived.
We sat outside hidden by our RV. The sun was very warm; it felt great as a slightly cool breeze blew around us. This particular cove is protected by the rocky cliffs on the sides. The ocean laps in gently against the rocks along the shore and bigger waves break on the small islands beyond. This is paradise.
Sunset, Brimstone Head Park, Fogo, Fogo Island, NF
Sunset, Brimstone Head Park, Fogo, Fogo Island, NF
Sunset, Brimstone Head Park, Fogo, Fogo Island, NF
Sunset, Brimstone Head Park, Fogo, Fogo Island, NF