Water is a very powerful entity. Water has waves big enough to topple boats and long enough to flood lands and water mixed with dirt creates landslides that destroy homes. We can harvest energy from it and refresh our bodies … Continue reading Bay of Fundy and the Roosters
A four-hour drive through the beautiful mountains and coastal region of western Newfoundland brought out the sunshine. The waters were blue, but you could see the fog in the distance, hovering and waiting to pounce once again, enveloping the land … Continue reading Codroy Valley Provincial Park and the Crazy Birds
How romantic is the idea of an old home, perched up on a small hill by the sea, with the waves slowly lapping at the rocky shore? We found one of these homes in Portland Creek, the Entente Cordiale Beachfront … Continue reading Newfoundland Fjords and the Lobster
Fishing is a big sport for many, salmon being one of the favorites, and a quick stop at the Salmonid Interpretation Center, one of the largest Atlantic salmon enhancement projects in North America, showed us a brief glimpse of the salmon … Continue reading Running with Salmon
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 … Continue reading Twillingate, 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
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
The Traveling Squirrel 