Anywho… try to always make the best of\u00a0 every situation. We are lucky\u00a0that way in Canada…\u00a0 why… well because we have four seasons (sometimes five) and each season provides a new landscape to play in with a different set of toys for adventures.\u00a0 Who would not like that? In Canada all seasons, no matter what the weather brings, provides limitless photo opportunities and wild adventures when your eyes and mind are kept open – blinders are always off\u00a0 when in Canada.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Rose Blanche Lighthouse and EH Tourism<\/p><\/div>\n
In Port-aux- Basques we walked the small village in the rain, poking around corners, taking pictures of boats, museums and pastel hilltop homes before heading east to visit the Rose Blanche Lighthouse located at the end of Hwy #470. Our first destination in Newfoundland was going to be a historic lighthouse. Go figure.<\/p>\n
Bro and I, both, were excited about visiting the lighthouse. We have crossed the country visiting many lighthouses and this one was going to be special. Reports indicated that the Rose Blanche Lighthouse is one of the last accessible granite stone lighthouses on the Atlantic Coast. It was first erected in 1873 and today it is a museum with an interpretive guide and walking trails providing views of the Atlantic Coastline.<\/p>\n
From the lighthouse we backtracked along Hwy# 470 back to Port-aux-Basques so to begin our travels north towards the Gros Morne National Park and L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Park. The two parks\u00a0are easily our most anticipated stops along the west coast of Newfoundland.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Sunglass Falls and Bro<\/p><\/div>\n
But something great happened\u00a0along the way to the lighthouse which we had to do first. On the way to the lighthouse we spotted a waterfall crashing down the side of a mountain.\u00a0 There was no mention of the falls in any of our research?\u00a0 But there it was?\u00a0It was large, powerful and beautiful… \u00a0so how can that be – no mention?<\/p>\n
We “Sherlock \u00a0Holmes” \u00a0the area and soon figured out that the pull-out down the highway was accessing a boardwalk trail.\u00a0 The trail and parking lot were not \u00a0marked or signed with any information or maps. It was a mystery trail.\u00a0\u00a0On all accounts the boardwalk trail zigged and zagged across the grassy rocks and wetland marsh leading to the base of the falls. An adventure we could not pass up so we took to the trail to see what the prize would be at the end of the tunnel. Why not?<\/p>\n
The boardwalk trail started out great but soon the trail showed\u00a0its age – the boards were\u00a0beaten down by the elements, many were missing and broken in two.\u00a0 There were\u00a0sections of the trail missing therefore forcing us to jump mud puddles and walk tight-rope along fallen boards.\u00a0Persistence paid off because at the end of the trail\u00a0the towering chutes of the falls\u00a0were crashing\u00a0down at are feet. It was\u00a0a moment.<\/p>\n
Leaving the waterfall I realized I lost my sunglasses. That would be the third pair lost this year already to adventure. In celebration of the lost we decided to name the falls Sunglass Falls since we did not know its name.\u00a0 If tourism does not want to name the falls… we will.\u00a0 It is a lost opportunity to develop the region by piggy-backing the waterfall with the lighthouse therefore giving people more reason to explore the region. During our visit 2 other groups visited the falls. Later on we found out that the falls were called the Bearchois Falls. I still like Sunglasses Falls better.<\/p>\n