Bay Bulls

... ; and a couple from Etibococ, Ontario.  So, needless to say, the table was abuzz with conversation.  We drove to Bay Bulls to access the East Coast trail after breakfast.  It was overcast and misty but nice for hiking.  The trail was ...

Close-ups of Humpbacks!

... van loaded and got inside just as the car ahead of us was pulling out.  And away we went, driving the 85 miles to Bay Bulls, Newfoundland.  Once in Bay Bulls, a town of about 1000, we stopped at Donald Deagan’s house to pick up the garage ...

... a summer home.  Here he could enjoy his "roots" and paint the beautiful landscapes and seascapes in Newfoundland—especially Bay Bulls.  He also thought it was significant that the original mistress of the house died in the year he was born ...

... and to a hardware store for some adhesive to reattach some drooping wall paper in the house.  On the way we stopped at the Bay Bulls Post Office so Tom could send a map of the area to grandson, Colton.  While I was waiting I saw an elderly (like ...

... to him when he was here in June.  Armand showed me a copy he has of the painting Jerry did of the little church in Bay Bulls.  Armand was only 4 years old in 1962 when he watched Jerry painted it.  It's a lovely watercolor and I’m ...

... . . and that was still happening on the Canadian when I went as well, **** I went on a tour of the Bay Bulls / Witless bay ecological reserve. A chance to see whales and puffins and gulls. On Gull Island there are over 2.5 million birds. I really ...

... a long, leisurely lunch. On the way home we went through Petty Harbour, a quaint early 20th century fishing village.  Back in Bay Bulls, Donald showed us his boat the AMD.  (The Ann Marie Deagen.)  All the watercraft in the harbor are tied ...

... ago she decided to move to the East Coast to live in St. John’s, but never quite got there as she fell in love with Bay Bulls on the way.  She sold her car and lives close enough to walk everywhere she needs to go.  She spends much time ...

... for Sobey’s supermarket, having left very good, handwritten directions behind.  We shopped for items we didn’t find in Bay Bulls, and then made our way back to the visitor center and the internet.  Tom dropped me off and went to ...

... brief.  Tom and I strolled east on Northside Road, for some distance beyond John’s house.  We took pictures of the bay as it empties into the Atlantic and enjoyed the sun and sea air.  It’s in the high 70’s today.  ...

... cannon" - pretty easy from the photos to tell what I thought it was! Very surprising! After being slightly ripped off for some Red Bulls and Choco Pies, we went back onto our boat and headed back out into Halong Bay. We had some lunch (which wasn't that ...

Day 22: Monday, August 24, 2009 Bye, Bye Billie, We're not too sad to see you go!!!  Well, it rained hard and the wind shook our windows off and on all night. In spite of it we slept well and by morning the rain had stopped and by 10 am the sun was ...

Continuing to take advantage of clear weather, we headed to Cape Spear, home of the old and the new Cape Spear Lighthouse, WWII shore battlements and the Eastern-most point in North America. We then drove up the shore and into Saint John's to a ...

I woke up about 6:30 am and realized that 46 years ago about this time, I saw my sweet girl, Carol, for the first time. The nurse took her to the waiting room and showed her to her Uncle John and said, "Oh, she looks just like her Daddy!" Her daddy was ...

We got the laundry done and then went to Ann Marie and Donald's for fish dinner last night. Ann Marie had cooked fresh salmon and cod, mashed potatoes, boiled potatoes, green peas, corn, etc, etc.  It was a wonderful Irishman’s meal!  For ...