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Main: The Skerwink Trail follows the clifftop next to a 400-foot drop to crashing waves below. I enjoyed a hike and its dramatic views on my rest day. Right: Many tourists return home with a photo of themselves under this sign or the one that says“ Welcome to Dildo.” A dildo is a peg that was used before oarlocks.
After an hour I found out. The surface is loose, 1- and 2-inch stones with deep potholes. The V-Strom’ s front end was wagging back and forth and pounding in the potholes. One mistake and the bike would go down the bank into 3 feet of mud. After 10 miles of progress, with 490 miles to go, my arms were finished and so were my hopes for riding the T’ Railway. I should have known not to take advice from a group of guys known as the“ Dirtbagz”! Back to the pavement. The advantage of being a solo traveler is that you can make quick plan changes without much discussion, and I decided to forget my failure and head to Twillingate, the“ Iceberg Capital” of Newfoundland. I hopped on the TransCanada Highway, which is much maligned as the dull interior road. Anywhere else this road would be considered a scenic highway. After five quick highway hours I hopped off onto a sweet secondary road, Route 340, and meandered up to Twillingate. I camped at Dildo Run Provincial Park. And yes, many snickering tourists have their picture taken under the sign for it. The name refers to the peg that was used on dories before modern oarlocks. The Newfoundland provincial campgrounds offer private ocean-view tent sites in gorgeous locations and almost all have at least showers.
The best way to see icebergs is to take a boat trip