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Travel Blogs from St. John's
On a Ship
... my dismal attempt those many years ago), also a glorious recipe for chocolate and raisin bread pudding with whiskey sauce. I ran into a few more old familiars, Shirley and Pinky (Chitwoods do you remember them? "That Jeff" is also aboard with a friend). Signed up for the book club and am trying to catch up with Maggie...she is a voracious reader and has already read one book. ARTIC CHILL by ...
History Comes in Many Shapes and Sizes
... to be the oldest continuing sporting event in North America. Aside from the boat races there were games, food and lots of entertainment. In some cases, it was the people watching that was most entertaining. Like the girls in their wolf cub hats or the other two young ladies in their goofy balloon hats. Lots of fun was had by all with lots to do, lots to see and lots to eat; however we ate before we got there so there were no Moose Burgers for us to gobble up! Boo ...
St. John's Historic Sites & Neat Neighbourhoods
... waiting to be told to leave or get bit by a dog! So this spot was a battery during the War of 1812. Was a great view of the lake, really quite gorgeous.
My next stop was Cape Spear National Historic Site. This is the most easterly point of land in North America and home to the oldest surviving lighthouse in NL. It has been restored to its 1839 appearance and shows how a light keeper and his family might have lived in the mid-19th ...
Driving Miss Bonnie
... as word spread among the neighbors. What a sensation we had caused. Had the CAA not arrived in the nick of time, we would have no doubt been the front page story in the town’s newspaper.
Now where was I. Oh yes, the driving. There’s also lots and lots of it, if you hope to do an adequate job of seeing the province. This is a big rock and most of the places you want to visit are spread out around the perimeter. (The centre of Nfld is apparently ...
Rita's to Ferryland
... could we pass up such an opportunity? So as we walked along Hiway 10, we stopped at the ’Ferryland Café and Gift Shop’(owned and operated by Rhonda). We thoroughly enjoyed our cup of tea and fresh crumble (with ice cream) - a great ’birthday cake’. An elderly (local) lady was having her lunch in the café and we learned that she was the daughter of the one of the light keepers at the Ferryland lighthouse.
Now…..we had to get back to ...