Today ranks as one of our top days so far in Newfoundland. Under clear skies we left Cabot Trail Campground around 9:00AM and followed the west coast of the Bonavista Peninsula eastward to Cape Bonavista and the town of Bonavista.
As we have found all along the Newfoundland coast the views are awesome!
When Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) first sighted his landing point in Newfoundland history records his first remark as “O Buena Vista” in his native Italian, and oh good sight it is. Cabot, looking for a western route to the Far East claimed the New Foude Lande in the name of England who had sponsored his trip.
The Mathews replica and museum was a great place to start our tour and unfortunately we did not have time to see all the attractions of Bonavista. We did travel out to Cape Bonavista to see the lighthouse and to see the amazing rock formations near Dungeon Provincial Park.
After a quick lunch for Sue while Jeff updated the blog and checked email at the Bonavista Pub and Coffee Shop we were off back down the Peninsula to Trinity Bight and the restored historical fishing village of Trinity. Trinity Bight (small bay) is home to ten communities that were settled in the early 1500’s in an absolutely beautiful, protected part of the Trinity Bay coast.
We were there to take part in The New Founde Lande Trinity Pageant, a biweekly stroll through Trinity as the professional troupe from The Rising Tide Theatre relives life in Trinity Bight since the late 1400’s.
The Pageant, which takes 2 ½ hours, is filled with the joy and sorrow of life in early Newfoundland.
The entire production includes moving to scenes that reflect life 500 years ago.
When the troupe tells of the sealing disaster that killed 24 local fisherman out in the Bay in the early 1800’s when the weather suddenly turned we were taken to the cemetery as widows grieved and then into St Paul’s Anglican Church for a memorial service.
You really feel you have seen the lives of the residents in early Trinity.
We stayed for a dinner theatre production whose music and stories reflected Newfoundland culture. The tale tales always had a “Newfie” twist and were very entertaining.
After dinner it was time for the company’s production of “The Joan Morrissey Story”, the telling of the life of one of Newfoundland’s popular folk singers whose life ended tragically in 1978. By the time the play was over and we drove the 15 miles back to the campground it was after 11:00PM, a long day!
Today ranks as one of our top days so far in Newfoundland. Under clear skies we left Cabot Trail Campground around 9:00AM and followed the west coast of the Bonavista Peninsula eastward to Cape Bonavista and the town of Bonavista. 
As we have found all along the Newfoundland coast the views are awesome!
When Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) first sighted his landing point in Newfoundland history records his first remark as “O Buena Vista” in his native Italian, and oh good sight it is. Cabot, looking for a western route to the Far East claimed the New Foude Lande in the name of England who had sponsored his trip. 
The Mathews replica and museum was a great place to start our tour and unfortunately we did not have time to see all the attractions of Bonavista. We did travel out to Cape Bonavista to see the lighthouse and to see the amazing rock formations near Dungeon Provincial Park.
After a quick lunch for Sue while Jeff updated the blog and checked email at the Bonavista Pub and Coffee Shop we were off back down the Peninsula to Trinity Bight and the restored historical fishing village of Trinity. Trinity Bight (small bay) is home to ten communities that were settled in the early 1500’s in an absolutely beautiful, protected part of the Trinity Bay coast.
We were there to take part in The New Founde Lande Trinity Pageant, a biweekly stroll through Trinity as the professional troupe from The Rising Tide Theatre relives life in Trinity Bight since the late 1400’s. 
The Pageant, which takes 2 ½ hours, is filled with the joy and sorrow of life in early Newfoundland. 
The entire production includes moving to scenes that reflect life 500 years ago.
When the troupe tells of the sealing disaster that killed 24 local fisherman out in the Bay in the early 1800’s when the weather suddenly turned we were taken to the cemetery as widows grieved and then into St Paul’s Anglican Church for a memorial service. 
You really feel you have seen the lives of the residents in early Trinity.
We stayed for a dinner theatre production whose music and stories reflected Newfoundland culture. The tale tales always had a “Newfie” twist and were very entertaining.
After dinner it was time for the company’s production of “The Joan Morrissey Story”, the telling of the life of one of Newfoundland’s popular folk singers whose life ended tragically in 1978. By the time the play was over and we drove the 15 miles back to the campground it was after 11:00PM, a long day!
