Another day of fog so we decided to take a guided tour of St John's to learn a bit more local history. The tour guide was Brendan McQuillan who the Brewers and Russ toured with last month when they where here. Brandon remembered "The pathologist with the nice camera" .St John's, established in 1853, has been declared the oldest continually occupied city in North America. With a population of 100,000, it is the provincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador. Newfoundland was settled because of the cod fishing industry and alternatively saw French, Portuguese, and English ships seek haven in its protected harbor. The last Anglo/French battle in North America was held here in 1762 when the English defeated the French at Signal Hill.
We started the day with Brendan of Legend Tours by retracing our route last Friday to Cape Spear. 
What a difference today with the heavy fog! These photos were taken from the same viewpoint.
We then stopped for a few minute browse around Petty Harbor where we saw many of the distinctive designs of the Newfoundland fishing fleet.
After a short break we left Petty Harbor and returned to Signal Hill in St John's.
Signal Hill is so named because of the flags flown to signal arrival of different ships outside the protected harbor from the top of the 800 foot hill on the seaward side of the harbor. Marconi received the first transatlantic wireless telegraph message from Cornwall England on Signal Hill in December 1901.
Our trip up Signal Hill would have been much nicer on a clear day!A short distance away is a separate opening to the sea, Quiddy Viddy Harbor that was a cod fishery and now is a trendy part of St John's including the Quiddy Viddy brewery and the Hop Shop. The regatta was held here last weekend and it was so crowded we couldn't get within a block of the water.
A few stops at city landmarks completed our tour and Brendan dropped us off at Tippy Park. We spent a leisurely afternoon and headed back down to Water Street for dinner at Hungry Fisherman where we had a delicious meal.
Our afternoon wildlife sighting was a good-sized grouse that appeared to be looking for a handout in the campground!The weather forecast is for more rain and fog in the morning so we are planning on visiting the Railroad Museum and doing a little shopping.
