Saturday, August 24, 2024

On The West Coast: Codroy Valley


 It was a much easier start to the day allowing Kathy to finally sleep in while Shadow and I had a longer walk outside the campground. Lots of time to take some great pictures.

We left the campground at 10:20 and drove a short distance to the Codroy Valley Wetland Centre located on an estuary. We (including Shadow) took the 3.4 km walking trail with lookouts to the Grand Codroy Wetlands. It is a "birding hotspot"  but we saw no water fowl, heard but never saw a few birds. The centre had some very interesting and informative displays.




We continued north along the coast with  the mountains to the east. The scenery was breath-taking. I had forgotten how beautiful it was. At times the  dark clouds made the  scenery even more. spectacular. We had our first moose sighting; one crossed the TCH in front of us but a safe distance away. I did not have to brake hard. We stopped in Corner Brook to buy some groceries and continued to Deer Lake.  I was surprised how much more developed it is. We are at a new campground, Gateway To The North RV Park. We motored 241 km. It was our first day without any rain!