Our Newfoundland Trip
August 2011

Just returned from a two and a half week visit to Newfoundland. During part of our trip we stayed with Mary MacDonald's relatives and were treated like royalty. Some of our activities included:
visits to old friends in Bay Bulls, saw a moose on the highway, attended a 50th anniversary party, dinner theatre in Ferryland, visits to Aquaforte, Trepassey and St Mary's, the Blueberry Festival in Brigus, the Festival of Friends in Middle Cove, George Street in St Johns, the last evening of the Nfld/Lab folk festival at the Mile 1 Center, Signal Hill, the GEO Center, the Rooms, Quidi Vidi, the Battery and tenting in Gros Morne. One of the trip highlights was being screeched in. We were also treated to some traditional Newfoundland feeds that included brews, cod tongues, scrunchions, cod heads, hard tack, toutons, pea soup, peas pudding, seven cup pudding, turnip greens and bakeapple cheesecake. We went on the Argentia Ferry and returned via Port Aux Basques. We will always have very fond memories of this trip and all the friendly and welcoming people. A big thanks to all our Nfld friends.

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Proof that the following pictures were taken with film.

Newfoundland bound on the Atlantic Vision.

She is a fine ship.


The weather was perfect for the crossing.


Arriving Argentia.


A view of St. John's Harbour.


The GEO Center and Signal Hill.


Signal Hill and Quidi Vidi.


Our friends, the Cose's from Auqaforte.


A real classic.


We are just about to leave for a 50th Wedding Anniversary Party.


Brigus, home of the world famous Brueberry Festival.


There are lots of interesting things to see during the festival.


The outer Harbour at Brigus.


Pictures from Ferryland and our friends from Aquaforte.


The site of Lord Baltimore's 1621 residence in Ferryland.


One of many scoffs.


The traditional Newfoundland food was great.


More scoffs.


Genevieve enjoying her cod heads.


Daves birthday bash.


The start of a scuff. Liza from Cabbage Cove could really play that squeezebox!


Things are moving!


Our Screechin. They call it hardtack for a good reason.


The capelin are not the most tasty item. However, kissing the cod isn't much better.


It's finally over with a swig of screech and we now have our Newfoundland travel bags and certificates.


One of Dave's birthday gifts.


The Arches.


Some dead trees in the Arches Park.


A fisheries display at Broom Point.


Broom Point is a beautiful spot.


One of several fishing sites that are found along the coast.


Western Brook Pond is one of the most spectulacular spots in Grose Morne Park.


Some pictures from Western Brook Pond.


The entrance to Western Brook Pond.


A picture from the tour boat.


Port aux Basque ferry terminal.


Port aux Basque from our Hotel.


Homebound from Port aux Basque. That's a moose bumper.

The Downhome Magazine had an interesting set of pictures from our trip.


A black and white print from an old negative.

Our New Friend
Digby

August 2011

Their is a new friend at the cottage and we have named him Minki. He is a young mink that I discoved in our shed when we arrived for the weekend. Apparently he had entered the week before when Jon and Carly were here.

Minki is very friendly, he would like to play with the dogs and spends a lot of time just walking around our deck. Courisity gets the best of him. When we go out on the deck he approaches and will smell our hand or leg. I hope he does not become a nusiance.

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