I read a lot as a kid and enjoyed many a movie on Saturdays. One of my favorites was the story of the Titanic and I loved the original B&W movie. The Titanic was a big, new and oh so … Continue reading Twilingate, Land of the Icebergs
If you do not like heights, then this trail is not for you. If you like walking up to the tops of cliffs overlooking ocean waters, looking down over flying birds, then this top 5 trail in Canada is a … Continue reading Skerwink Trail
History. It is where we have been and what we can learn from to better our future and some places preserve it better than others do. Trinity is a town that covers it all. Trinity is an old historic town … Continue reading Trinity
Newfoundland has a lot of very creative town names. Some of the towns we passed: Goobies (not Goonies?), Placentia (ummmm?), Dildo (maybe the town had a lot of fishermen who stayed away for days), Come By Chance (or by choice!), … Continue reading Newfoundland Observations
Elliston is a town on the Bonavista Peninsula with 2 very unusual distinctions. First, it is the Root Cellar Capital of the World, and second, it has puffins. I love puffins. They are funny, awkward birds that make it look … Continue reading Puffins, Root Cellars and a Lighthouse
I love signs. All kinds. Some of my favorites are location signs. We have been to the southernmost point in the US (Cuba-90 miles!), the 45th parallel both north and south and now we have been to the … Continue reading The Most Easterly Point, Cape Spear, and the Tiny Village
Lighthouses evoke a certain romance of the sea, of ships sailing in the night, guided home by the warmth of the lighthouse beam showing them the way. Those who worked around the clock to make sure the light was always … Continue reading Ferryland Lighthouse
