Scenic little towns

When we left St. John’s to head west we were encouraged to take the scenic route. I am not exactly sure what the spit of land we took is called other than it is part of the Avalon Peninsula and is the Baccalieu Trail

We weren’t off the Trans Canada Highway very long before we started driving along the ocean and numerous little towns that ran one into the other. Apparently some of my ancestors lived along this route.

Who could resist stopping to pick strawberries? Not us! And yes we ate a few. They weren’t very big but sure tasty.

After berry picking we carried on. Practically every turn along the shore had colourful houses and boats.

After about six or seven hours on the Baccalieu Trail we were back to the Trans Canada and on our way to central Newfoundland. Then it was just highway driving. Not as pretty but functional!

The next day we thought we would take the ferry and go to Fogo Island as it was only a 50 minute drive. Unfortunately we did not check the schedule. We missed the 11 o’clock ferry and the next wasn’t until three.

The scenery was just as pretty as previously. Although there were more white houses than brightly coloured.

The little town of Stoneville was aptly named.