Still very misty but at least we can see this morning, and the waves were crashing the shoreline with the winds.
We stopped to walk out on a short trail and yes, our first iceberg, it was a long ways away but still our first one.
After lunch at Tim Horton (yes they have Timmy's here) we went out to Goose Cove, we went for a short walk on this 1 km trail and took a wrong turn and had to get our feet wet getting back to the truck.
One thing that you see lots of traveling along the highway is the stacks and stacks of firewood, they bring the wood in by sleigh in the winter and cut it up during the summer, and everyone looks after everyone else's piles.
Back into St Anthony and a look at one of the fishing piers, here the big boats were sitting and the men were busy working on their nets.
Now out to St. Anthony Bight about 10 km out of town, very little, a few empty homes and some with some interesting things in the yards.
Next to St. Carols, it amazes me as to how many perfect small harbours there are, no wonder the pirates could hide from the enemy.
Great Berhat was only about 5 km from St. Carols but they had a perfect harbour and a trail which perhaps we will walk on Thursday.
The other thing we see lots of on the highway are garden plots in the middle of nowhere. Now Newfoundland is known as the rock, and so when ever people find soil they create a garden, surround it with some sort of fencing and get fresh vegetables. Some have scarecrows etc. to keep out the animals, but others just tie plastic bags to the fencing and let the wind look after the rest.
We stopped to walk out on a short trail and yes, our first iceberg, it was a long ways away but still our first one.
We just were going to browse around St Anthony and the little surrounding communities as we are told tomorrow will be much nicer.
We went to the Grenfell Museum which told all about Dr. William Grenfell who was a very important figure for the north here in St. Anthony and Labrador. He accomplished a lot of good in his lifetime. From the museum we went over to see his house, it was a wonderful home.
We went to the Grenfell Museum which told all about Dr. William Grenfell who was a very important figure for the north here in St. Anthony and Labrador. He accomplished a lot of good in his lifetime. From the museum we went over to see his house, it was a wonderful home.
After lunch at Tim Horton (yes they have Timmy's here) we went out to Goose Cove, we went for a short walk on this 1 km trail and took a wrong turn and had to get our feet wet getting back to the truck.
One thing that you see lots of traveling along the highway is the stacks and stacks of firewood, they bring the wood in by sleigh in the winter and cut it up during the summer, and everyone looks after everyone else's piles.
Back into St Anthony and a look at one of the fishing piers, here the big boats were sitting and the men were busy working on their nets.
Now out to St. Anthony Bight about 10 km out of town, very little, a few empty homes and some with some interesting things in the yards.
Next to St. Carols, it amazes me as to how many perfect small harbours there are, no wonder the pirates could hide from the enemy.
Great Berhat was only about 5 km from St. Carols but they had a perfect harbour and a trail which perhaps we will walk on Thursday.
The other thing we see lots of on the highway are garden plots in the middle of nowhere. Now Newfoundland is known as the rock, and so when ever people find soil they create a garden, surround it with some sort of fencing and get fresh vegetables. Some have scarecrows etc. to keep out the animals, but others just tie plastic bags to the fencing and let the wind look after the rest.
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