July 15-Travel to St Anthony along the Viking Coast

After 4 great days, we reluctantly left Rocky Harbour and started to travel north towards St Anthony.  
Our first stop was at Torrent River to see the fish ladder, which was amazing.  They have a counting station there that is under government control, so no pictures were allowed, but they counted and measured each trout or salmon as it swam through the ladder upstream.  Part of the building was underground so we could watch the fish through a glass viewing area just before they went into the counting section.  

We stopped at Port aux Choix and saw their visitor's centre, and the lighthouse, and boy what a desolate part of the world that was.  We had learned by that day not to open doors of the truck on both sides at once, or maps and papers and small children would blow away.  

 After walking around in the cold wind, we needed a hot lunch.  We went to the Anchor Cafe in Port aux Choix where I had a bowl of seafood chowder that was bloody amazing.  Rich and thick and full of chunks of mysterious fishy bits.  Devon and I shared a seafood platter, but as the rest of the trip showed, most seafood in NL was deep battered and fried, so we soon tired of all the grease.  I did however enjoy chowder a few times, but none as good as this bowl.

Back on our way, we landed at Triple Falls RV Park for our night's stay.  We discovered here that we had forgotten to close the flap over the stove vent, and the bloody thing tore off and blew away somewhere, leaving us with a daily dose of dust and grit on the counters for the rest of the trip.  They had the oddest shower arrangement in the ladies, one big curtain with individual showers behind with little to no privacy between them.  Never saw that arrangement anywhere else, which was good as I am not a fan of being stared at by toddlers while I shower!

We left the trailer behind and went north for the evening to check out a place for dinner, but instead stood at the shore and watched whales, it was the best viewing of the whole trip!  Devon was so excited, he said his heart was racing! (Yes, that's MY kid!)

 We loved it here, the scenery was amazing.  We even saw this female fox and her kit living in the hillside right near the restaurant.  Apparently they fed her leftovers. 

We eventually got too hungry to watch anymore, so hopped back in the truck and drove into town and picked up Mary Brown's to go (one of the most common fast food places here) and drove to St Lunaire, where an iceberg had been seen by a lady we met on the shore who lived in Pefferlaw (only 20 minutes from Uxbridge!).  We got there in time to spend a good hour taking photos and the guys climbed over the rocks along the shore to grab a chunk of iceberg for Devon.

 On our way back to the trailer, it was getting pretty late, and the moose came out to feed.  We drove really close to these two girls, they just stood there and watched us creep along the road.(480 kms)