GUNK HOLING

Gunk holing is stopping at little known or little used coves and docks that have no facilities to speak of.  Gunk holes are less visited because they're often not written about in your guides and are found through word of mouth, or are frequently  hard to enter, or are a pain to get to, or are near other, more-popular spots, or are a golden combination of all four of these crowd-deterring elements. You can find them almost everywhere, but, it can be a challenge.  When Gunk Holing it is always nice to find and venture into what a "Newfie" calls a tickle.  Anyone know what that is?   

 

This is a gunk hole we have visited, at the north east corner of Elk Island, not hard to get to at all, but little used and a nice day cruise, because of the lovely clean and private beach.   

This is the falls on the Manigotagon River After heavy rains.  Although not exactly a "tickle", it is a little tricky to get into.  The entrance to the river is blocked by a rock island and is a very rocky area and you have to follow exactly, down one range and wait for the other one to appear and come slowly into view then once lined up, you must change course and follow the second range until you're well into the river.   

An overnight in Well's Harbour is a must experience, but don't stay up to late, out on the spit, due to the mice and the odd snake, that comes out at night. 

This is an old picture near the entrance to the Rice River, where you also have to keep your eyes peeled as they say.   This would qualify as a "tickle", but very pretty and worth the trip, but don't try to travel up the river, you won't get far.  We found that out the hard way. 
 

 

Steeprock Bay?? or Creek?? I don't even remember anymore if that is really what this was called. 

Other than the Manigotagon River, and Elk Island shots, a lot of this Gunk holing was done years ago with Boyd and Gayle Halliwell when we had the LINDAN and they still owned TABU. 

This is what we came to call Turtle Bay, I think it's chart name is Black 6, but at the times we stopped there, there were always lots and lots of turtles all around the old abandoned ferry ramp that we used to tie up to. 
 

"Before it's your favorite place, It's a place you've never been."

 

I would love to go and re-discover some of these beautiful spots again, plus go and find some new ones. 

 

 

SO, WHAT'S A "TICKLE?"