Camped near St Anthony

 

We had a really nice drive today, up the coast from Rocky Harbour to the northern tip near St Anthony. Along the way we saw 3 Woodland Caribou on our way past a roadside bog. Still shedding their winter coats, they were grazing quite close to the highway, and basically ignored us even when we stopped to take pictures.

A lot of the drive was right along the coast, but some was inland. Not too busy...:

We stopped in to the Arches provincial park, a scenic day-use area right off the highway. 

 

Along the way we stopped in to Cow Head, a small port town with lots of spirit, holding various festivals. We likely would have tried to camp at the small campground there, but maybe on the way back.

For lunch we stopped for a picnic at Eddie's Cove, really a fishing dock and lighthouse. A short rough road on the way in. We could plainly see the Labrador coast across the water. It was windy enough we had to be careful opening doors.

And we got a closeup look at our first iceberg, off the north coast at Ship Cove, about 50km southwest of St Anthony:

The same berg from a different angle, with the Labrador coast across the way:  

It's hard to tell, but this is a miniature village that someone has built on a rock at Ship Cove. The berg in the background is real:

The little village on the rock, with a stairway to access

We're camped in another provincial park, Pistole (or Pistolet) Bay for 2 nights, a bit southwest from L'Anse aux Meadows. The commercial cg we expected to stay at had no vacancies; thank goodness, in hindsight! We like this prov park, and you can't really beat the price. 2 nights, no electricity (the park has no electric sites), for $19.50 total. We already had the seasonal entry pass from the first park we stayed at, it cost $13 for the season. The rates are good to start with, then we 65+ers get 35% off those rates.