Aug 16 - Trinity and Champney's West

It’s another beautiful, warm, sunny day. We said goodbye to St. John’s with its iconic colourful houses, friendly people, bustling port and Doug’s favourite site so far, Signal Hill. (My vote is Cape Spear.) And we’ll never forget the thoughtful drivers who all stop to let pedestrians cross the road, whether it’s a marked crosswalk or not.

Our destination for today was Trinity, a little under 300 kms drive, which meant that we could take our time. We’ll be staying in an AirBnB near there which we could access after 2:00 p.m.

We got on the T.C.H., the TransCanada Highway, also known as Highway 1, and headed south and then west. The scenery was lovely (couldn’t stop for pictures) – soft rolling hills, lots of rocks, calm sparkling, waters, and millions and millions and millions of trees. We stopped for lunch in Clarenville and found a bench beside the water where we watched the birds having their lunch during low tide.

I kept myself amused on the drive by musing on the origin of some of the town names - Dildo, Come By Chance, Goobies, Little Heart's Ease, and Random Island, just to name a few.

We had brought our Garmin GPS for navigation, but even in St. John's it was choking, so we switched to using Apple CarPlay. Works like a charm. We run it using Doug's phone (he has way more data on his phone than I do) and then I use my phone to check for AirBnB updates, look for rest stops, etc.

Doug wasn’t happy with the condition of the brakes on the car, so we stopped at the Budget office and to ask about a replacement car. (That makes it our third car if you’re counting.) The guy who cleans the cars was there - the agent had gone home to let her dogs out and wouldn't be back for a while. We got him to nudge her with a phone call. We used the time she needed to get back to gas up the Camry and to scope out CONA - College of the North Atlantic - like Mohawk College or Niagara College. This satellite location is about the size of the high school in Grimsby.

The new car we got is a brand new (just 2000 km) Malibu. The Budget rental lady, in a thick Newfoundland accent, told us that if we have trouble with this one, we must be plain cursed!!

We found our way to Trinity, and scoped out the Rising Tide Theatre where we have ticket for The Flying Doctor tonight at 8:00 p.m. We’ll be seeing three more of their productions this weekend. We stopped in Port Rexton for a few groceries. Dinner tonight will be courtesy of Chez Freshmart.

After a bit of head scratching and only one major wrong turn, we found our way to our AirBnB in Champney’s West. It was the closest place to Trinity that I could find accommodations. Between the popularity of the theatre and this area being on the Fox Island Hiking Trail, places to stay get snapped up quickly. We’re in a shed that has been made into a cute little cabin. It has fabulous views over Trinity Bay. Trinity is on the other side of the bay. The cabin has colourful quilt accents so I feel almost at home!

We're going out for a walk now - will post some more pictures later.

Back from our walk. This is a very, very quiet village. If you want to get away fro the hustle and bustle of life, this is the place!Lue lisää