Well this morning was not as sunny as we had wished for but thought we better make our way around the peninsula while we could.
Our first stop was Garnish, a small fishing village with some pretty friendly people.
One smaller fishing boat came in while we were there and we went to watch it unload, when the boat is coming in the fishermen must call St. Johns and tell the fishery and they call the monitor who comes down to the dock to weigh and record how much each is bringing in.
This fishermans load was 403 pounds of cod, here in the picture is the monitor running the ropes and Ron got to run the hoist.
The monitor told us that he would be in Fortune at 1pm when a much larger fish boat would be arriving.
So off we went down the road to Frenchmen Cove, we toured the Provincial Park they have there but no way our rigs would fit.
We found a little garden planted by a volunteer and it was quite lovely, he (or she) also had planted some vegetables and they looked very nice, up the roadway was and old dock and it did not smell nice, oh so fishy.
The beaches are not white sand but round type river rocks but they look nice from far away.
Grand Bank was having a festive day so we got to enjoy a little of that as we wandered around.
Water Street was quite interesting and so we had our picnic lunch here, if we had known they were having BBQ etc. for the festivities we would have done that.
This is their Heritage Home, seems like everyone town has one.
It did have an awsome garden.
They unloaded the cod from the bottom of the boat in two barrels, hoisted up and dumped into the plastic tubs.
After watching them for awhile we went to the other side of the harbour, still in Fortune Head and found a fish boat unloading Sea Cucumber, this was a first for most of us. 
It was so interesting.
After we left Fortune Head the fog came in and made our afternoon rather dreary, this fellow below gave us a good laugh.
We found the lighthouse, which was nothing spectacular but the waves on the shore were.
Grand Bank was having a festive day so we got to enjoy a little of that as we wandered around.
Water Street was quite interesting and so we had our picnic lunch here, if we had known they were having BBQ etc. for the festivities we would have done that.
This is their Heritage Home, seems like everyone town has one.
It did have an awsome garden.
Now it was just about 1pm and we wanted to catch the monitor looking after the fish boat in Fortune Head so off we went.
The boat was unloading at the packing plant so we could not get as close as we had wished.
They unloaded the cod from the bottom of the boat in two barrels, hoisted up and dumped into the plastic tubs.
After watching them for awhile we went to the other side of the harbour, still in Fortune Head and found a fish boat unloading Sea Cucumber, this was a first for most of us.
The boat goes one day out, approx 100 miles, fishes for 15 hours, and then back with 35 thousand pounds of sea cucumber, sold at 30 cents a pound.
They unload them like the cod with the buckets, but once up on the dock they are dumped onto a conveyor belt that dumps them into the plastic containers.
It was so interesting.
After we left Fortune Head the fog came in and made our afternoon rather dreary, this fellow below gave us a good laugh.
We found the lighthouse, which was nothing spectacular but the waves on the shore were.
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