thanks to the shady rocky walls. We had in
front of us the most spectacular landscape
of our entire existence.
Being in Newfoundland, we had to do
another essential activity: reach the
eastern most point of North America.
We crossed the entire province from
west to east to access Cape Spear
and, at that specific moment in time,
became the two most easterly humans
of North America! Afterwards, I
took my notebook and crossed off
this requirement on my overlander
prerequisites list. We celebrated by
drinking a local beer and enjoyed a meal
in a St-John pub. Check another one off
the list.
Just leaving St-John by the Trans-
Canada-Hwy which crosses the entire
country, there is a road sign. It shows
the distance from east to west to reach
the ferry to exit the island Port-aux-
Basques: 884km (550miles). It boggles
the imagination. I've never seen such a
distance on a road sign!
To me, driving Newfoundland entirely
from west to east, back and forth, was
annoying. The scenery was as great as
it should be but, I felt I was just going
through the motions before enjoying
the next episode!
And it was found in Badger,
Newfoundland along the Trans-
Canada-Hwy where our map showed
another passage. I questioned the lady
at the gas station about the feasibility
of driving it. "We actually don't know if
this road reaches its end. From what we
know, only snowmobiles used this road
after Buchans!" Well that was a gentle
invitation for us to take a look.
Luckily, besides a few small wash-outs,
this 124-mile backcountry road reached
our route. I called the lady at the gas
station who asked me to let her know
how it ended. I was happy to tell her
that the ride was quite smooth for a 4x4
trail and very scenic.
Back west, we met again the glacier's
shape environment. The last 90
miles before Port-Aux-Basques were
flabbergasting. Every single fjord
sculpted in the earth's crust was
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