Monday, August 18, 2008

Twillingate

This island province seems to have the most photogenic coast we have seen! Every time we move on to another locale it seems to be even more stunning than the last and the rocky coast around Twillingate is no exception.
We are settled into the Peyton Woods CG for three days and plan to take it easy while we are here, taking in the local sights and evening entertainment. The weather is also cooperating as it was clear and cool here today with good weather forecast for the rest of our stay. Dave Reavis called today to say so long as they are taking the ferry back to Nova Scotia in the morning. They are on the west coast and it was clear here as well. The next round of precipitation seems to be over in Maine and New Brunswick so we will enjoy the nice change while it lasts.
After having lunch and driving around town we were headed back to the m/h when Jeff diverted out to Crow Head and the Twillingate Lighthouse for a quick look around. After checking out the lighthouse we were climbing around when we heard people calling out the whale sightings down below us.
We spent a fascinating 90 minutes watching a pod of six or seven whales cavorting around two whale watching boats. Our location above the boats made a great vantage point although I am sure the passengers were enthralled. These whales were going deep so we got to watch them about every 8-10 minutes as they breeched for air. We will be going back out later in the evening when locals tell us they are even more numerous.

This evening we attended a local Newfoundland dinner show that featured local entertainment of music and humor. We ended up assigned to sit with an RVing couple from South Carolina that we spent three hours with last week on our tour of St Johns. It's a small world.