Just another easy day today, did church in St John's then had lunch at Ches's fish and chips. St'John's is well known for its colourful houses and they continue that tradition in all their new houses they build today, they are always stepped because the city is build on hills. Advertised as the best in NFLD and we think they are right on that, they were really good. After lunch we found Quidi Vin The oldest continually inhabited community in North America and the cottage that is unchanged since the 1600's. and still occupied. We then climbed signal Hill were Marconi received the first trans Atlantic radio signal in 1899. It overlooks the narrows in St. John's harbour and has cannon placements to protect the city. Leaving there we went to Cape Spear which is the most easterly point of North America, it also has huge gun placement from the WW2 Saying goodbye to St. John's we again headed northwest towards the Twillingate area.
Monday July 19.. Drove along the coast through the communities of Hare Bay, Dover, Centreville, New-Wes-Valley and on to Musgrave Harbour, the scenery along the way is much the same as most of the coast way here in NFLD. Our destination today is Twillingate, the iceberg capital of the world, except this year has been exceptionally mild and no icebergs here. Maybe we will see them when we get to Labrador.
On a sad note 2 young boys and two men drowned here yesterday when their fishing boat capsized, the whole town and surrounding area is now involved in the search including the coast guard helicopters.
Leaving Twillingate we follow the road south west and stopped in Cambellton to look up some old friends from Carleton Place but were unable to find them. We made our way back to the TCH and to Deer Lake for more fish and chips.
Tomorrow on to Gros Mor.
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