We are sitting at the ferry terminal waiting to be loaded in an hour or so. The wind is really blowing; it looks like it will be a long trip, 13 to 18 hours. We left Saint John’s, what a great city. We had a good time and there was much to see. We would like to return someday. In this update there are also some photos from the Clark's beach area. It is amazing how much US history there is on this island. The ferry we are about to take is located on and old naval base; the largest one ever outside of the US. And all of the legends in aviation have flown from here at one time or the other.

We should be on PEI some this weekend.

Mom just had to go here

Saint John's Harbour.

Saint John's street.

This is a statue in the convent next door to the Basilica.
It is called the Veiled Virgin and is made out of carved marble including the veil
The photo does not really do it justice.

Basilica of St John the Baptist.

Cape Spear's old lighthouse.

Cape Spear's new lighthouse.

Lots of wild blueberries everywhere.

Amelia Earhart

This ship was blown off of it's mooring many years ago and here it sits.
It was the last ship built as part of the Alphabet Fleet.

When we were in Clarvenville we went to Woody Island and spent the night. This island was part of the resettlement process to move residents to the main land where electricity was available. The only electricity available was by generator. We were fed very well and we were greeted by the aroma of bread baking. They bake one loaf for each guest. On our return trip we had a picnic lunch on another island.

We also visited Puffin Island to see the puffins. They were entertaining to watch. The chicks fledge at night into the ocean and remain there for five years before returning to breed. They only lay one egg and mate for life.

We also visited the movie set for Random passage. This is a movie about early life in Newfoundland and how the survived fishing. The movie was based on the books; Random Passage and Waiting for time. I read the books during our trip and plan to watch the movie when we get home.

Arrival at Woody Island.

Woody Island Harbour

Houses on the movie set.

Fishing stage

Moose are a real problem.

Unique sign

Bonavista Lighthouse

The signature for this light was 4 white and 2 red

We are in Gander this morning and will leave for Eastport shortly; it is only about a fifty mile drive. There is a lot of U. S. history here. During WWII all of the planes going to Europe went through Gander for refueling. There were hundreds of bombers and fighters parked here waiting to be ferried overseas. Gander was also the sight of the worst plane crash in U. S. military history in 1985 when approximately 240 troops lost their lives on the way home at Christmas time.

We also spent some time in twillingate; it is the iceberg capitol of the world. We were too late to see any. One iceberg that ran aground in 275 feet of water and was over 1700 feet long broke up and moved on shortly before we arrived. The local winery uses iceberg water in the making of their wine. All of these little fishing villages are really something to see and explore; all of the people are more than friendly. Three of us also went fishing here and caught our limit of cod in just a couple of hours and got very close to some large Humpback Whales.

Salted cod.

Humpback seen on our fishing trip in 21 foot boat.

The whale was bigger than the boat.

Part of our catch of 15 cod.
We will feed the entire caravan cod on Wednesday.

This one is for Chris

Built to scale

Site of the first international seaplane refueling port.

It was a long trip to Saint Anthony; a good portion of the road was under construction and not paved. While we were there we went to St. Barbe and took the ferry to Labrador with the truck. Labrador is absolutely beautiful we really enjoyed the trip. On our return trip back is when we saw the Bull Moose. He was standing by the road and never walked away.

We left Saint Anthony and went to Port Au Choix. We camped along the ocean; it was the worst weather we have had so far. There were wind gust to 60 MPH, rain, and fog. But we had two great meals and got Screeched in. Have been eating plenty of FRESH seafood; there sure is a big difference. We are now in Deer Lake, when we leave here on Tuesday we will start to head to the east coast. We went today to the Hummber River to watch the salmon.

Sleds used to haul firewood

Salmon going up

Fishing village near Saint Anthony

Saint Anthony Harbour

Fishing village near Saint Anthony

We saw many icebergs in Saint Anthony

At last we see a bull moose

This is in Labrador
And we went all the way to the top.

The Arches

Most of the caravan group

At the helm

Most were not afraid.

Zip line trip.