BONAVISTA PENINSULA

  

   

TICKLE COVE-We drove up to this small town  at the end of a road because we liked the name. Again

what a wonderful surprise

. We found a place at the wharf to overnight. It was such a beautiful area as you

can see in the first photo we walked along the coast and enjoyed the views even in the wind.

 

Is this great or what!

 

TRINITY-Rising Tide Theatre New Founde Lande Trinity  Pageant. The outdoor pageant take you on a

journey through the lanes, roads and historic sites of Trinity.

And look who we bumped into again. Sherrie,Jack, Joyce and Larry.

Here we all are with one the the actors from the play. Fun afternoon.

Recommended to bring a short chair or blanket to set on.

 

Also today is our Granddaughter Abby’s Birthday. We were so glad to be in an

area with phone reception. Happy Birthday Abby!

 

ELLISTON-Just outside of town is Puffin Point, a very short walk to the end of the

bluff. Darn where’s that zoom camera!

  

 

 

ELLISTON-The Root Cellar Capital of the

  World with over 100 of them. Even I had to stoop over. And poor Jim bumped his head.

BONAVISTA-They call it the fish Capital. And after strolling the small streets for a few hours you understand why.

You come across the replica of John Cabot’s ship the Matthew, the Ryan Premises National Historic Site,

a restored 19th-century industrial salt fish complex. And the Original buildings of the Courthouse and the Orangemans

Lodge. At the end of the peninsula is a Statue of John Cabot and the Lighthouse Provincial Historic Site.

 

Joining in the fun, me playing the Roman Knockers and Jim playing the Ugly Stick!

This was at the Ryan Premises where this local group plays a few days a week.

PRINCETON-Jims most memorable day! We were parked down by the wharf where Jim was

talking to two fishermen getting ready to go out. They invited him to come along. Jim ,not

a fisherman was so excited when he caught his first fish in less than 5 minutes! The limit is

5 apiece which they had in less than 2 hrs. In the photo above is Gary, cousin to Morris

and Alf standing on each side of Jim and Patsy, Gary’s wife. They gutted and filleted the

cod then gave us a huge bowl full that we promptly took to the RV and cooked up some

for lunch. Delicious! I don’t think I’ve ever had fish this fresh.  We just can’t get over the hospitality

of Newfoundlanders.

Alf on the right of Jim is the full time resident in Princeton where the others are Townies

as Patsy called herself. She also told us we were called PFA’s,” people from away”.

These Newfie’s certainly do live up to their reputation as they most friendly people you’ll

ever meet.

TERRA NOVA AND SURROUNDING AREA

BURNSIDE-small town character

BURNSIDE-The Long Chute trail right outside of town, goes up to a lookout of the Islands & town.

 

SALVAGE-North of Terra Nova Nat’l Park at the very edge of the peninsula. To our surprise the tour books don’t

even mention it. We were so close we decided to drive to the end. What a treat! Gorgeous bay! The rocks, the

houses clinging to the sides of hills and the view of in the bay is dotted with many islands. Jim took a hike

there also.

  

Jim took this picture at the top of the hill over town.

Boondock spot outside of Salvage. SUNSET OVER THE ATLANTIC!

Central NL-TWILLINGATE

THE FISH, FUN AND FOLK FESTIVAL-Our first night meeting up with SKP friends,Sherrie, Jack,  Donna,

Steve, Joyce, Joan, Larry, & Ken. Not pictured are Tom and Deb. Afterwards we headed off to the

Split Pea’s performance.

 

A Boomer couple Chet and Gay bought a house here a few summers ago. It’s

this wonderful gingerbread Victorian. On a rainy day  we were invited to have happy hour there. You

wouldn’t believe all the wonderful antiques and collectables!

The Split Peas- A six woman show specializing in Folk & traditional Newfoundland Music.

It was two hours of hand clapping foot stomping fun. The group has been together seventeen

years. They perform two nights a week during the summer. The show goes on our list of must do’s if your in Twillingate.

The scavenger hunt! Part of the festival fun. Joyce, Larry, Joan and I went all over town collecting and doing

silly things. The first is the team doing jumping jacks in front of Riff’s store. The second was a team member (look

closely for Larry) on his knees barking like a dog in front of an orange house. The last one a team member(me)wrapped

in a roll of toilet paper on the Twillingate bridge.

 

 

The next morning we walked over to the Iceberg shop to buy tickets for the show Smallwood.

Pictured above on the right, Joyce Space, Steve and Donna  at the theater. It’s a story of a

politician’s rise to power. He was the first Premier of Newfoundland  holding

that position for 23 years. It was a very good performance by such a young cast.

Three boys, three girls,  from 10th grade to second

year of college. (the photo on the left)

Of course the Parade. And the weather cooperated!! 

Our Traditional Jigg’s Dinner. Boiled salted beef, rutabaga, cabbage, potato, mashed yellow

peas, bread stuffing and a large dumpling, with a side of pumpkin relish. Had to try this

but don’t need another, as you can imagine it was pretty bland. But we love to try

traditional local foods. We  also discovered we don’t need pickled mussels ever again??

Moose burger, well???

It’s great to have talented friends. All of us had purchased tickets for a show at the

arena only to discover at the door the group cancelled  at the last minute. Ken, one of

our Boomer friends volunteered to perform. ( He’s on the right). Ken sings and plays guitar very

well I might add. Did a fantastic job! After a while two other volunteers got up. We had a great

show after all!

 

Later in the week we went to a Dinner Theater, sort of like a Hee Haw show, unfortunately our least

favorite performance, mostly due to the non existing sound system on stage during the skits. We

just couldn’t hear what they were saying. The music part was fine when they stood in front of the

mikes.

 

Saturday night we ate at the Church dinner put on by the local women. It was very good, more food

than you could eat, well we did manage more than we should. Fish(when they say fish it’s always cod)

salmon, brewis(hard bread & salt cod), fish cakes,and an assortment of salads and pies. Which I had

to sample four of.

 

Our very favorite performance of the week was Ada (of the Split Pea’s) she has a show

every Saturday night along with a guest performer. She’s a gifted singer songwriter. Plays

some jazz, blues &  little country.

Terry Penny a fantastically gifted singer songwriter was her guest this week. He got a standing

ovation. He wrote and sang a few ballads that were so moving he had Jim in tears.

NEWFOUNDLAND-THE LOOP

NEWTOWN-The area between Gander and Gambo is called the loop. We started at the top of Hwy 330 going East

it wasn’t scenic and a lot of the road was bad we were wondering if the whole loop was going to be a disappointment

until we turned into Newtown-called the Venice of Newfoundland. All built on the rocks connected by little

bridges with waterways at every turn (like canals). Very worth the drive.

We took this picture in the gift store. These dolls are dressed as Mummers.

At Christmas time in NL people will dress up put on a mask or sheet visiting

neighbors who will serve them rum and a dessert guessing at who they are.

GREENSPOND-Driving along reading the brochures we took the gamble on its being all as described. We

drove the 15km  off the main road. We were not disappointed what a charming town. You enter from

a bluff where there is a lookout. Oh yes perfect for a nights stop!  There’s a nice trail here we want to

do but it was clouding up and we were hungry. So we did a quick drive through then had our lobster

we purchased this morning. If it’s nice in the morning we’ll take the hike. 

Well nice it was not! Hint----if it’s windy at the end of the day when you stop don’t park on an ocean

bluff. Oh my stars thought we were going to blow off. I felt like I was in a washing machine. At

5:00 almost daybreak Jim turned us into the wind. Better but still not much sleep.

Dover-Stopped at the Interpretation center about the geological fault. Not to impressive and

the teenager who was working was too busy talking with her friends to even turn the lights

on. We did walk out the short hike out back and read the interpretive boards.

GAMBO-This is Joey Smallwood the first Premier of NL, he was born here. After seeing the play

about his life in Twillingate we were interested to learn more about him so visited the

interpretation center and found it very interesting.