Days 42 & 43 ...1956 for Fairlaine 4 door hard top

Day 42 Monday August 12th, 2013 
... 20 degrees

woke at 7:30 to a very nice day and yeah....the wind has died down

Dad continued his clean-up of the out-side of the trailer

while I booked our campsite for the next two nights in Sydney

had a lot of trouble using the payphone at the campsite 

and the cell phone service at this campsite is very poor

at noon we head out for drive along the 470 which travels east of Port Aux Basques

the terrain is very rugged, eroded & windswept

this is the first time in NFLD that we've seen this type of terrain

we follow the shoreline for about 50kms passing a few fishing villages along the way

our destination was the village of Rose Blanche

as described in an article I had read, Rose Blanche had turned out to be the perfect

example of a NFLD fishing community with many brightly 

painted little houses dotted around the harbour

the village is also home to the Rose Blanche Lighthouse which dates back to 1873

over the years it fell into disrepair but was restored to it's original granite state in 1999

by several of the towns folk

note to self....always bring an extra camera battery with you

whether you think you need it or not !!!!!!!!
 just as we are having a look around the lighthouse grounds my battery died
thank goodness for the cell phone
an extremely rugged shoreline where the lighthouse sits

we read about several ships that have been lost over the years and can understand why 
the weather was sunny and beautiful but it is VERY WINDY

I can't imagine what it must be like when a storm is coming in off of the water

after a good look around we start to head back to Port Aux Basque

scout out a grocery store and look for a campsite for closer to the ferry terminal

as we will be leaving Wed morning

dinner is steak & shrimp, baked potatoes, mushrooms & onions with some veggies

is your mouth watering ????

Day 43 Tuesday August 13th, 2013 
HAPPY 17TH BIRTHDAY AUSTIN

 woke to another beautiful sunny day

dad continues to clean the outside of the trailer only to get eaten alive by those dastardly little black flies

{anonymous  scribe thinks the trailer must be really clean by now... lol}

they somehow are able to get down the back of his t-shirt and feast on his back
funny thing is whenever dad is working outside, Missy feels she needs to sit in the truck
hmmm she is catching on in her old age
and since this campsite is half empty she can go off leash

we decided not to move closer to the ferry as it's not that far of a drive
we head out on the road towards Port Aux Basque to get cell phone service
we caught Austin just as he was getting up to wish him a happy birthday
so that worked out well with the time difference

on our way back to camp we decide to explore the Codroy Valley via RTES 407 & 406
very pretty and more fertile than we've seen in most of NFLD

 along the way we run across 'CHAPS GARAGE'

and he has abeautiful 1956 Ford Fairlaine 4 door hard top sitting outside

SO WE MUST STOP

he also has several other vehicles on display & I took photos and dad took a video
the whole place is like a blast from the past

 

inside he had ALL KINDS of vintage bits & bobs from the 50's & 60's
most of them I can remember
a very worthwhile stop as you can tell from our pictures

 

then we continue to Cape Anguille which is at the end of the road

back to the campsite at 5:30 to get supper on the go and dad finished cleaning the truck

then about 7 pm guess who drives though the campsite in his

1956 Ford Fairlaine 4 door hard top

yep....Chap stopped by to say hi with his wife in the car too,what a treat for us

as we are leaving NFLD in the morning we get camp packed up as much as we can for the morning

a few things to mention

...almost EVERY HOUSE has washing on the line (with this wind it dries fast)

...dad says the bites on my legs are so bad they might be there FOREVER

early to bed for an early start