Red Bay
Day 83 August 31, 2014 Part 2
Red Bay, Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
THE GOOD……
We could count on one hand, the number of cars we saw on the road between the ferry in St. Barbe, and Red Bay. We stopped a few times along the route to take in the enormous size of the place.
War Memorial
War Memorial
On the way to Red Bay
On the way to Red Bay
On the way to Red Bay
On the way to Red Bay
Curling Champion!!!!
On the way to Red Bay
On the way to Red Bay
On the way to Red Bay
A whole lotta pretty countryside
On the way to Red Bay
On the way to Red Bay
On the way to Red Bay
On the way to Red Bay
On the way to Red Bay
On the way to Red Bay
On the way to Red Bay
The little village of Red Bay was, well, little. And so pretty! We ate lunch at the only restaurant in town, Whalers Restaurant, where for the first time, we tried bakeapple pie. Verdict: Bakeapple pie is delicious and I should eat it every day to stay happy!
Red Bay
Red Bay
Red Bay
Red Bay
My new favorite food group….Bakeapple Pie!
After lunch, we visited the whaling museum. Basque whalers in Red Bay were some of the first Europeans to arrive in Canada…..a fun little fact that might come in handy at a trivia party.
The view from the whaling museum
This place was proving to be small and mighty. But, it was a long way from anywhere, and from what we could see, there were only about 6 other tourists in the whole village. But I can assure you that all of us were having the adventure of a lifetime!
Red Bay
Red Bay
Red Bay
Red Bay
Red Bay graveyard
Red Bay
Red Bay
End of the paved road on coastal Labrador. Red Bay
The other dirt road out of Red Bay.
Red Bay
The day had already been jam packed full of stuff to do and see, but the best, and worst, was yet to come. Mark had purchased a t-shirt in the gift shop at the restaurant that said “I hiked Tracey Hill.” And so, we had to hike it.
Tracey Hill hike, Red Bay
Tracey Hill hike, Red Bay
Tracey Hill hike, Red Bay
Tracey Hill hike, Red Bay
Tracey Hill hike, Red Bay
Tracey Hill hike, Red Bay
Tracey Hill hike, Red Bay
Tracey Hill hike, Red Bay
Tracey Hill hike, Red Bay
Tracey Hill hike, Red Bay
Me and Trixie
Tracey Hill hike, Red Bay
The pics from our hike, pretty much say all there is to say…Absolute Beautifulness!! Including stops for photo ops, it took us about an hour to hike to the top. The entire hike, top to bottom, we only saw one other person.
THE BAD……
The sun was setting, and we slightly hurried back down to avoid being caught in the dark. We made it in plenty of time. And so did the ferocious and infamous Labradorian biting black flies. Apparently, sunset is when they come out to suck the blood of the ignorant.
The flies were on us like, well, like biting black flies to ignorant people. And they were biting us something awful. We ran to the space shuttle, brushed the flies off of each other and off of the dogs, and jumped inside.
THE UGLY…..
In those, oh, say, 8 seconds that the door was open to the rig, at least 20 of those freakin’ flies got in with us. We spent the next 15 minutes killing black flies. And it was disgusting. Those little freaks are full of blood, so every time you kill one, you have a mini blood bath on your hands. That shit was everywhere….on the windows, on the window shades, on the off-white wall covering. Yuck!!!
When we were satisfied that we’d killed them all, we drove back to the RV site for the night. And we didn’t dare go outside again, so we just hung out inside and tried to clean up the carnage from the kill. It was during that time that I noticed that I had huge welts on my neck from the fly bites. Two in particular, one behind each ear, made me look like I’d been abducted by aliens.
Stuck inside the space shuttle. And yet, we still had a nice view!
Last light, from inside the rig, on the side of the gas station!!
But, alas we were safe. Safe and tucked into our little RV spot, which, by the way, was one of 4 parking spots, with hook-ups, on the side of the Red Bay gas station. But, we weren’t going outside, so we didn’t bother to hook up to anything. We just hung out, ate dinner, and contemplated how the hell anyone could survive life with the infamous biting black flies!
Airstream Moho-A-Go-Go 