Hurricane Bill

Not a good time to be in Atlantic Canada I guess. We are now at the mercy of the track of the hurricane. We are supposed to be on the ferry Sunday at 4:00 pm, but that might not happen depending on the weather. For now we are in Corner Brook, Don's checking on baseball scores, and I am updating the blog. We had a great three days in Gros Morne on the way down the island. Went to the southern part of the park near Trout River. Stayed at the Water's Edge RV Park right on Bonne Bay. The man who runs it was a former principal of the Trout River School. We had some great conversations while there. They also own the new Red Mantle Lodge where we had our second dinner out, and sat in a beautiful dining room with a spectacular view...shown here at the top.Don got in some trout fishing in a small brook, caught a few small trout and a couple of very small salmon, but the water there was very low this year. We drove all the way in to Trout River. What an isolated existence. They did have a post office and we mailed a couple of post cards home for the grand kids. We went on a hike through the Tablelands. That was spectacular as it's a part of the world where the earth's mantle is exposed where two continental plates crashed together and pushed up.
Another photo below is of the Torrent River Salmon ladder. We went down into a viewing chamber where they hold salmon so that they can count and check them each day as they wend their way up from the Atlantic to spawn. That was a highlight for Don. You got to look at the salmon up close and personal. We are winding our way down the Trans-Canada highway and will continually check with the ferry service to see if we can get off the island before the storm. The next to last photo shows the pitcher plant which is Newfoundland's national symbol so we were told. These we saw while on the Tablelands...so interesting....a carnivorous plant.