Colorado to Newfoundland

We drove to DIA, and were pleasantly surprised that we would be flying Air Canada instead of United. The flight was cross listed and for some reason we assumed that we were going to be flying United. We liked Air Canada, the crews were very nice.

We changed planes in Montreal. The airport was about as international a place as one could imagine, with many different kinds of garb and languages.

We arrived in Deer Lake Newfoundland about midnight local time, 8:30 PM Denver time. Yes, Newfoundland has its own time zone. We picked up a very nice Chrysler Sebring rental car from Enterprise, and headed for the Deer Lake Motel, which was convenient, but somewhat overpriced.

In the morning, we slept in and walked across the street to a popular restaurant in a combination gas station, convenience store, and car repair business.

We found ourselves being addressed by many names, including "My Love", "Sweetie", and "My Darling".

We had beautiful weather for the drive into Gros Morne National Park, very rugged and scenic. Everything is very green, and there are wildflowers everywhere.


We stopped in Norris Point, where we received an excellent tour of the aquarium from Mary, a biology student. We enjoyed seeing and touching the different species of sea life. Norris Point is at the intersection of two bays, each of which is a different ecosystem.


The graveyard at Norris Point includes a gravestone for a private Harding, part of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment. This regiment suffered a 90% casualty rate in a single attack on July 1, 1916. I spoke to a man painting the grave, he was the son in law of private Harding. He said that private Harding was wounded in the war, that he had a chunk out of his leg that you could put your fist into. Another local man lost his leg in the war, and had a wooden leg. There is a separate War Memorial for a Private Major who died in the war. Many gravestones included a handshake, which signified the marriage bond.

When we started looking for a place to stay in Rocky Harbor, we mostly found no vacancy signs, or $160 hotel rooms. But one of the ladies at a B&B told us that she had spoken to the lady at Burnt Cottages in Norris Point, and that she had a room. We drove back to Norris Point, and were pleasantly surprised to be able to stay in a nice modern fully equipped cottage for $85 a night, cash. We have a view of the bay and the tablelands.

We had dinner at Jackie's in Rocky Harbor. The sunset photos are from the end of the road at Rocky Harbor