14/06: Who Left The Nail in the Pull Off?
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
This morning we hitched up the trailer and started driving north. When I was planning the trip, Ed said that once we were in Newfoundland he didn't want to drive more than 400 kilometers in a day. With that in mind I planned on the drive from Corner Brook to St. Anthony to take two days with a stop in Hawke's Bay. The drive through the mountains to Gros Morne National Park was interesting (relatively high pass) with some beautiful scenery. Once we hit the coast the roads were flatter and the scenery just as beautiful, the towns small ard far apart. We stopped at a pull off to take some photos of a particularly pretty town and must have picked up a nail. About 20 kilometers down the road the low pressure tire light came on. Ed pulled over and checked all of the truck's tire pressure's --- the drivers side front tire was low and on careful examination Ed found the nail. Luckily, we have a small air compressor that travels in the truck so he filled up the tire. We stopped at the next town and asked where we could get our tire fixed. The answer was Hawke's Bay. After stopping to fill the tire two more times we arrived in Hawke's Bay only to find out that the garages were closed on Saturday's and Sunday's. Luckily it's a pretty town as we'll be spending two nights here.
Parons's Pond a fishing community that's main stay these days is snow crab.
We are staying at the Torrent River Nature Park in Hawke's Bay.
The Newfoundland, Canadian, and RCMP Newfoundland and Labrador Division flags fly proudly.
The park has a three kilometer (one way) boardwalk trail to the Salmon Interpretation Center that was built in honour of an RCMP officer.
Part of the boardwalk --- a lot of work went into building this.
One of the views of the river.
The waterfalls at the Salmon Interpretation Centre. The concrete structure on the left is the salmon ladder. We talked to a couple of fishermen and they said because the river is high the salmon aren't running yet but should be in a week.
Parons's Pond a fishing community that's main stay these days is snow crab.
We are staying at the Torrent River Nature Park in Hawke's Bay.
The Newfoundland, Canadian, and RCMP Newfoundland and Labrador Division flags fly proudly.
The park has a three kilometer (one way) boardwalk trail to the Salmon Interpretation Center that was built in honour of an RCMP officer.
Part of the boardwalk --- a lot of work went into building this.
One of the views of the river.
The waterfalls at the Salmon Interpretation Centre. The concrete structure on the left is the salmon ladder. We talked to a couple of fishermen and they said because the river is high the salmon aren't running yet but should be in a week.