Portland Creek area

Another fantastic sleep last night, we have been going to bed by 10 at the latest and getting up after 7, all this walking and fresh air is so good for us!

A great breakfast this morning, and watch all these bikers get ready to head off for the day, some of them are planning on biking 170KM, others have already said they was the van assist, I don't think many will make it the entire way.

Today we are planning on doing some hikes and visits of areas that are around our B&B.

We start off at the Arches provincial park, a great photo op and we take some time to do a little hike up a hill that gives us some even greater vantage points.

Arches Provincial Park

We then move on to Steve's trail at Broom Point, which is a very short hike to a gorgeous beach, I am sure this hike is missed by many but it was great. We tried to hike around to the next cove which we had been to earlier in the week but were stopped by a 15 foot cliff at the end that we would have needed to scale down, so some backtracking was done and back to go to the marked trail.

Steves trail

Next we did a quick visit to Broom Point. I was a little disappointed here, I knew it was about fishing in the area and there was a shack and a small house where the fisherman had lived which is now an interpretation centre. The man working there certainly wasn't much into talking or giving much info without us asking questions, so we moved on quite quickly.

Broom point

We then did a revisit to West Pond River where Don and Eileen had taken us earlier where the river meets the ocean. We did a longer walk around to the ocean, another beautiful spot that is not well marked so I'm sure missed by most except for the locals.



Lookout on the way out of Broom Point

Not too many on the beach today!

Andre testing the water. COLD!

We stopped at a golf course for lunch, had a debate about whether to play golf or not, and decided to pass and do another hike.

A quick spot at another wharf that Andre saw as we were driving by. Parsons Pond.

Next hike was Shallow Bay which was another beautiful beach with lots of sand bars, reminded us a little bit of home.

Cow Head from Shallow Bay

Shallow Bay

Next we moved on to walk the 1.5 km boardwalk Bills Woods hiking trail, this was a fun walk all along a boardwalk which has so many pitcher plants, views of the mountains, moose tracks, and ends at a beautiful portland creek pond.

Portland Creek Pond

Moose track. That as close to seeing one today

We then headed back to our B&B and spent some time walking the beach here, then reading on the deck.

Our B&B for 2 nights in Portland Creek, we are in the little cottage on the right that is attached

Crossing to the other side of the creek

You can see our B&B, the first house along the beach in the distance



Andre playing taking picture while I might have napped before supper.

Supper tonight was at the B&B again and we both had turbot, which is a fish neither of us had ever had before, a little like flounder, we both really liked it. Tonight there are only 3 of us staying at the B&B and we asked the other man to join us for supper. He is from Saskatchewan and staying here for 3 nights and travelling around from here. We have lots of laughs, Lizzy is our waitress tonight and she really has a strong Nfld accent, and tells us lots of tales and stories. The cook also joined us and we all had a nice visit.