23 August 2019, Friday
Rain falls through the night and in bursts of heavy showers through the morning. We take the opportunity to catch up on the blog and to read. In the early afternoon we return to the Discovery Centre. O has more geology questions – what is the thickness of the Moho layer, the boundary between the mantle and the crust. Apparently it is approximately 500 meters. While we are there, another warden who is not a geologist fills me in on interesting places to visit and makes suggestions on where to stop in the little villages on the coast of Bonne Bay, the only saltwater fjord in this area. He also points out that the portion of the bay that is further inland is very deep. It is separated from the ocean by a shallow area. This phenomenon has led to the development of isolated deep sea creatures that are genetically unique. I find myself concentrating while listening to him to catch all the words. He has lived here his entire life and his Newfoundland accent is marked. He often puts H’s in front of words that begin with vowels. Once I get the hang of this he is much easier to understand.
O and I drive along the coast of Bonne Bay in O’s continuing quest to find streams flowing down from the tablelands where he might find mantle rocks outside the park’s boundaries that are legal to collect. Eventually we return to camp for dinner during which we are entertained by warblers, nuthatches and flycatchers
