Aug 28 - 31 St Johns & Quidi Vidi

Here are some shots from St Johns NL

 One of many colored mailboxs

 St Johns older part of town is very hilly

 Mile Zero monument for Terry Fox

Quide Vidi a small fishing village very close to St Johns

It has its own brewery which produces very nice beers. Their premium beer is made with water melted from icebergs, very smooth and clear. We arrived at the brewery on Friday near closing but found out they were having a kitchen party upstairs, so we took it in. Very fine local musicians and great beer.

Aug 24 - 27 Brigus, Cape Spear, Petty Harbour & Signal Hill

A small community of Brigus

National Historic Site in Brigus right next to our campsite

Cape Spear Lighthouses (Old and Newer). Cape Spear is on the outskirts of St Johns

It is also the most easterly point in Canada

A nice fishing village of Petty Harbour

A view from Signal Hill into St Johns

The Cabot Tower on Signal Hill where Marconi sent his first trans-atlantic message.

Aug 21 -23 Part 2 Ellison & Trinity

Two other communities we visited in the Bonavista area were Ellison and Trinity.

Ellison is noted for two things its Puffin colony and for have the most root cellars (approx 135) used to store root vegetables mainly.

Trinity is a National Historic Site where we just lucked in to seeing an historical play done in a historic homes dining room, kitchen and garden. The play moved from place to place and was extremely well acted. Trinity does have a proper theatre but it was not performing the day we were there.

 Interesting church in Trinity

Aug 21 - 23 Part 1 - Bonavista

We spent 4 days camped with an Airstream Caravan, they had used up all the hook-up sites so we were in an un-serviced site.

Bonavista was a nice middle sized community.

 Cape Bonavista Lighthouse - the old and the new

John Cabot Statue

Aug 19 - 20 Twillingate, Lumsden, Canning's Cove, & Newtown

A couple final shots at Twillingate

As we carried on south now we made a stop at Lumsden and found this sign.

 We also cam across a boat unloading sacks of freshly caught shrimp.

Next stop was one we found on the map Canning's Cove

 Where a fisherman was unloading 2000 lbs of cod from his net that morning.

Another stop was made at another very quaint fishing village Newton where we also visited Barbour Living Heritage Village

Aug 14 - 18 Gros Morne NP, Springdale and Twillingate

We passed back through Gros Morne NP and were able to take in the Anchors-A-Weigh show in Rocky Harbour.

The next day we traveled to Springdale for an over night at their Municipal Campground where to our surprise they were holding a concert and mussel feed (with Vegis and Fruit) all free as a thank-you to the campers both seasonal and passing through.

Our next destination was Twillingate a very delightful coastal community. Where we had music for our third night in a row, we went to a kitchen party!

 These are Newfoundland Ugly Sticks (a musical instrument).

 Karen Churchill and Friends

 Longpoint Lighthouse

 Prime Berth Fishing Demonstration Museum. This is Fresh Cod salted the old way.

 Twillingate Back Harbour area

Aug 11 - 13 North to St Anthony and L'Anse aux Meadows

After our trip into Western Brook Pond we travelled about a hour north to Port aux Choix and stayed at a campsite right on the ocean but unfortunately there was a record windy day. 4 rigs stayed on the beach but us and one other huddled behind the main building, The campsite was  run by the Lion's Club which seems very prominent on the island. The building was their meeting place and a community bingo was held there that night.

This fishing boat  was leaving the harbour at St. Anthony.

The next day we toured around the northern tip of Newfoundland, but the main stop was at L'Anse aux Meadows a National Historic Site which tells about the Viking (Norse) settlements here (the first European settlers). The site has remnants from earlier archaeological digs and a few reconstructed buildings.

Aug 11 Western Brook Pond & Port au Choix

The weather was a little better  today so after we left our campsite we drove to the parking lot and did the Western Brook Pond hike (again) and Boat trip. On the hike in we saw our first Newfoundland Moose.

 Our tour boat

 The water fall below looked from a distance as smoke on the top of the mountain.

 The waves and spray action on the return trip. Funnels of water whipped up all around us, even the occasional spray right over the upper deck.

We then headed north about an hours drive and camped at a campsite right on the coast at a place called Port au Choix. The waves were really pounding in here with the wind.