Nice warm day out 15-17 celsius. Hiked to the Top of Twillingate about 3 miles, 4 lookouts and 360 degree view of town, very nice.

Long Point lighthouse right out of town. Cold and windy. Lots of icebergs.

Gerties Place is part of the Old Salt Box Co. At the end of Ragged Rd. Great house with big picture windows overlooking the bay, three couches, big kitchen for my personal chef to operate in, large bedrooms with claw foot tub in the bathroom. Did I mention my personal chef? I try not to go anywhere without her.

Here for a relaxing five nights. Had lunch at Addy’s watching icebergs out the window. Nice sunny day but cold – 50’sdaytime and 30’s at night. Those are mummers – not to be afraid!

Yeah, Patty gets pudding and whipped cream!

Heading out to Twillingate. Drove through Terra Nova national park. Great place for camping. Stopped in Gander looking for puffin fabric, but there seems to be a severe shortage. Everyone is making puffin fabric crafts to sell apparently. Next stop Gander Bay Beothuk interpretive center. The last Beothuk survived until 1826. We were able to make spirit offerings from shells, feathers, cones, bark and sinew for offering in the spirit garden.

Entry to Twillingate across from Captain Dave’s, two huge icebergs!

Walked to the west end to visit the Newman wine vaults. They were used to age port and then shipped back to England. It is the oldest building in town. Most were destroyed in a fire. Headed up to commissariat house next to the government house where the governor lives.

The jelly bean houses are row houses painted in bright colors. Boat paint was cheap and also helped residents to find the right house heading home from the pub. Patty went on a photography trip for birds at St Mary’s.

Dined at Yellowbelly brewery and then back to O’Reillys pub for some more Irish music from Connemara. To bed early. Off to the airport in the morning. Time to head back to the world.

Highly recommend the Bagel Cafe for breakfast. Decor and food unique and filling. Walked around the shops on Water St and jelly bean houses on streets above. Very steep! Was designed for left side British driving. So some issues driving now.

Drove out to Quidi Village and toured the brewery. Nice lake and village just out of town. Lunch at Mallard Cottage, also highly recommended.

Drove up to Signal Hill, great view but a bit foggy.

Gail and I went to Oliver’s for dinner. Exceptional! Ontario Pinot, seafood platter with cod tongue salmon cod scallops and shrimp. All seafood here has been exceptionally fresh.

Went up to George st for some Irish music. The Irish Descendents were at O’Reillys. We have met some wonderful friendly Canadians . Not many US visitors way out here though.

There was a nice berg in tthe harbor, but the big draw was the two islands covered with millions of nesting birds.puffins many types of gulls murres guillomots eagles….the nests covering every inch of the islands. We got “screeched in” on the boat with a singer from the Irish Descendents.

Sun came out and drove up to Cape Spear lighthouse. Two giant bergs in the bay. Waked around the lighthouse and enjoyed some sun! Saw the gannets nosediving for fish. Like torpedoes. We were at the easternmost point in North America.

Up early to catch the ferry off Fogo. Since we now know th captaincwe get to go up on the bridge. They still use that big wheel! Went around peninsula through Musgrave harbor.Foggy but some huge icebergs. Back through Terra Nova, drive drive drive.Newtown is a worthy side trip. Town spread over small islands. Also want to be off the road at dusk if possible to avoid spending a car ride with a moose.

Had brunch at this expensive inn which runs about $1000 per night. The view is nice but we have at same view from our full size house for quite a bit less. We share cod offal ( bellies) and slaw, I had a grain salad. Ok but pricy. Rainy and windy so drove around the island today. Went up to Brimstone head and saw sown large bergs. Saw the two salt box houses for rent. Would highly recommend them. Stopped st the seafood processing plant bought 3 lbs of fresh snow crab legs for $22.50. Patty got a tour. In season they have sea cucumber lobster and shrimp. Decided to leave a day early for St Johns.

Joe Batts Arm. Sunny early but clouding up. Saw a fox on the way. Boat left about 9 am. 12 passengers on the bigger boat and 4 braves souls on the rubber boat. Went past the Inn and then off to circle one of the icebergs. Beautiful vein of pure blue ice. Stopped and got off at Little Fogo Island. A few structures and church still there but not any permanent residents.   At one point there were 300. Saw lots of murres, puffins ,razorbills. Great 3 hour trip for $85. Patty went back again in the afternoon. Gail and I visited some of the artist studios and a little quilt shop with knitted items and canned goods (seal and other unique items). We passed.

Stopped at one of the 4 corners of the flat earth . Google it! Brought home “moisturized” chicken for dinner. Whatever that is, from Chesters. Heard about the mass shooting in Orlando. ?

Up early to head to the ferry to Fogo Island. Stopped at Ginns General store in Stonebrook. Every imaginable piece of dusty hoarder stuff you could imagine.

11:15 ferry to Fogo with stop at Change Islands. You have to back off he ferry which is an interesting adventure for those with campers or boats. Stayed at Tickle view in. Big house owned by the ferry captain who lives next door. Drove out to Joe Batts Arm to visit the Fogo Island Inn. Amazing structure jutting out on the rocks. Several artist residences nearby also. Screech (rum) old fashioned for $16. Drove up to Tilting very cute fishing villages.