Puffin Inn

... she wore through most of the trip), a stuffed lobster for herself and one for her little sis from Pep Squad, and a chocolate puffin.  Sarah bought a chocolate moose.  I got Sarah some new pj's and a wind breaker.  Matt bought himself a new ...

... our motel, then we headed out to find a place nearby for dinner.  I had a caribou burger. Caribou?  To me, it tasted like hamburger.  We also sampled a few local brews. Good WiFi at the Puffin Inn, so I could finally upload lots of ...

... .  Once we crossed the very narrow path, about 2 feet wide, with sheer cliffs on either side we finally arrived at Puffin central.  There were hundreds of them.  As we approached the area where many of the puffins were sitting on the edge ...

... 's tower. Very beautiful. Usually there are puffins lining the cliffs but there were none today-very disappointed as always wanted to see a puffin-one of those things you want to tick off your lifetime list of things to see and do (yes sad person that I ...

... Whale. It was awesome to see them in their natural habitat. There was also plenty of bird life, my favourite being the Puffin. The highlight of the trip was the Aialik Glacier and watching pieces of ice fall off into the ocean. The cracking noise ...

... show who had to grin and bare it's what I can only imagine as stomach churning breath! We finally got to see a Puffin, something that had eluded us so far on our travels. The highlight of the day had to be shooting people with water canons as ...

... such a thing.  But color me blue and mark me converted.  It is good. Today we were supposed to go on a whale/puffin watching cruise, but the tropical storm off the coast is causing 7’ seas so it was cancelled.  We are going to try to ...

... to find a parking space but the time spent was well worth it.  In the hour or so we were downtown we booked a whale/puffin watching boat trip for Friday, bought a $45 jacket for Sarah for $20, watched ships come into port and ate … guess the ...

... But before they reach shore the whales and seabirds gobble up whatever they can catch. The birds, such as the colourful Atlantic Puffin, Black Legged Kittiwake and Common Murre, time their egg laying to the arrival of the caplin to ensure food for ...

... walking back to the vehicle. I was extremely careful and luckily had no accidents. After lunch in Bonavista, we returned to the puffin colony in Elliston (only about 6 kilometres away) because we had to see them again while we were here and this would ...

... will remain on this peninsula and travel up the Discovery Trail to Elliston and Bonavista. Elliston is the "Root Cellar capital of the world" and has a puffin colony. Bonavista is where John Cabot first landed in Canada in 1497. ...

... from motion sickness and was about to get on a boat headed out to sea!). The boat trip did make me quite queasy, but the whale and puffin watching was good.  Matt was the only one that made it outside of the main cabin of the boat.  I'll let the ...