Sorry for the delay in getting this out (all three of you readers). As always, if I don't get the last e-postcard of a vacation trip done while still out there unpacking etc and then the return to work ocerwhelms the desire to get it done.
The drive into St. John's included a couple of small diversions. The most fun was the short trip off the TCan into Dildo to take some photos of signs in the village. I set up a separate album for them on the Flckr photoblog of our trip HERE.
Our B&B in St. John's, The Narrows, (see also photos I took) was fine and we would both recommend it. But it suffered a bit from having been the place we stayed at after our time in Port Union.
The weather in St. John's was not great. I wasn't able to get any decent photos of the harbour because about halfway up to any high point I was in cloud.
That somehow seemed appropriate when we visited Cape Spear (eastern-most point of North America). So it worked well.
The boat tour we took from Bay Bulls has some fab photos HERE so take a peek. Though the birds only really got exciting when an eagle showed up and we were treated to hundreds of thousadns of puffins making a break for it. Otherwise the offshore oil rig that came at us out of the fog near shore and the iceberg chunk that had to be gotten around to escape the harbour were the best bits for me.
Fun going all that way and then connecting with my sister Shirley-Anne and her David and then with Sue and Gaby (and surprise guest Katie, in town for the Unifor Atlantic Council meet).
Lots of good food in there, The Rocket and The Duke being the spots that were most memorable. Some fine beers too.
If this post is shorter and less effusive than the earlier ones don't take that as a bad thing. It's just that so much time has passed...
Enjoy the photos.
Fine trip home. We upgraded at the check-in kiosk and enjoyed the biz class lounge and seats on the way home at a less than normally outrageous price.
Next up is a family visit to Saskatoon to be followed by some time in Vancouver and Whistler. Look for postcards here in mid-August.
