Flint Fires, Fossils, and Farewells

We spent our last night in Newfoundland at an oceanside campground named Oceanside Campground. I know, lamest name ever. But we really were right by the ocean. The beach was rock, with little cliffs and sea caves everywhere. When I was lying underneath one of the small overhangs, I noticed a fossil almost a foot long, and I showed Pa. Suddenly we started noticing fossils everywhere. There were thousands of them!

Picnic dinner
Picnic dinner

We celebrated our last night in Newfoundland by having a fire. I wanted to try starting the fire with no lighter or matches, only my flint that I that I had gotten in Vermont. After a lot of sparking I finally did it! I actually kind of panicked when the toilet paper lit, because I was so used to sparking endlessly. It was a very fun fire, even though I spent a lot of time gathering driftwood to keep the fire going. Our fire ended when it started raining and we all had to go inside. Oh, I hate rain!

The flint…
The flint…
…and the fire!
…and the fire!

The next day, we boarded the ferry going to Labrador…

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