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[ghYHZ]

Here’s a few pictures from my trip to Newfoundland a couple of weeks ago:

The overnight crossing from North Sydney NS with an early morning arrival in Port-aux-Basques NL.










And a few shots while driving along the Trans Canada Highway: wide and straight…..just wait for the ferry traffic to clear and you basically have the road to yourself!














A nice old concrete bridge at Saint George's along NL451...on longer in use;

 



Also check out my drive along the Viking Trail……over on the Road Trip Forum:

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=25731.0

And driving around the former United States Air Force Base at Stephenville, NL. You can drive across the ramp where the B-52’s once waited out the Cold War.

https://goo.gl/maps/DQXYMjH66JjSAWn57


 





My ride back to Nova Scotia. Fare was $166.00 (car & driver – one way)

[nexus73]

Your photos are remarkably clear!  Thank you for a fine group of pix showing the ferry setup as well as the roads.  The plane on display is an F-102, used by the USAF's Air Defense Command.  What was interesting to see is the freeway interchange.  Are things that busy in Newfoundland?  LOL!

Rick

[ghYHZ]

Your photos are remarkably clear!  Thank you for a fine group of pix showing the ferry setup as well as the roads.  The plane on display is an F-102, used by the USAF's Air Defense Command.  What was interesting to see is the freeway interchange.  Are things that busy in Newfoundland?  LOL!

Rick

Thanks. The Trans Canada is freeway/divided in several areas...and Metro St. John's pop. 220,000 also has a couple of freeways including the most easterly you can drive in North America: The end of the Trans Canada (7200 km from Victoria) where it tapers to two lanes at Logy Bay Road.

[froggie]

The stateroom photo reminds me a bit of officer staterooms on Navy ships.   Enlisted berthings, as you can imagine, were not quite as nice (and were 3 bunks vertical in about that same amount of height).

[Chris]

Great photos. The scenery looks like a mix of Norway, Scotland and perhaps the Faroe Islands.

How much of a tourist destination is Newfoundland for Canadians? It looks like it's off the beaten path for a road trip or summer vacation.

[Verlanka]

What's with the giant "Maximum 60" sign?

[ghYHZ]

What's with the giant "Maximum 60" sign?

You've probably have been cruising along at 100+ on the freeway and are now required to reduce to 60 as the TCH ends and tapers down to two lanes at Logy Bay Rd.

https://goo.gl/maps/ijuAbBGFqgct6yRJ8

[Verlanka]

What's with the giant "Maximum 60" sign?

You've probably have been cruising along at 100+ on the freeway and are now required to reduce to 60 as the TCH ends and tapers down to two lanes at Logy Bay Rd.

https://goo.gl/maps/ijuAbBGFqgct6yRJ8

So if I'm doing the math right, that would mean I have to reduce from 65 MPH to just over 35 MPH in just short notice.

[ghYHZ]

Great photos. The scenery looks like a mix of Norway, Scotland and perhaps the Faroe Islands.

Yes......but not as far north. As I noted elsewhere.....the very northern tip of the island of Newfoundland is at about the same latitude as London UK.

How much of a tourist destination is Newfoundland for Canadians? It looks like it's off the beaten path for a road trip or summer vacation.

Popular destination for those in eastern Canada.....and even someone in New England; a 12 hr. drive from Boston will have you on the wharf in North Sydney ready to board the overnight ferry.

And now with the 'Come from Away' ....9/11 connection, Newfoundland is becoming a destination especially in the Gander area.

www.comefromaway.com

[ghYHZ]

What's with the giant "Maximum 60" sign?

You've probably have been cruising along at 100+ on the freeway and are now required to reduce to 60 as the TCH ends and tapers down to two lanes at Logy Bay Rd.

https://goo.gl/maps/ijuAbBGFqgct6yRJ8

So if I'm doing the math right, that would mean I have to reduce from 65 MPH to just over 35 MPH in just short notice.

No.....there would have been a sign a ways back advising of a speed reduction

[Rothman]

I don't know how popular Newfoundland is for New Englanders.  From where I lived in western MA, people would head up to New Brunswick and PEI, but I didn't know anyone that visited Newfoundland.

Maybe Mainards or those that lived further north did?