After breakfast we made our way to the dock for the Northland Discovery Boat Tour. We checked in with Leslie, a local resident who is a business student in St. John's. She told us about local life and student life. Lovely young woman. The tour was amazing! Great views of the coastline, light house, bird nesting areas, and fabulous sightings of humpback whales!
We cruised along with two of them for quite awhile and saw another one in the distance. They stay in the area all summer, coming back every year, so are known to the crew and comfortable around the boat. Watching them was worth this whole trip all in itself. Our guide was very knowledgeable and entertaining. We learned about the gardens, the stacks of logs and the lobster pots we saw along the highway. And of course lots about the marine and bird life of the area.
The St. Anthony Hospital is right across the road from the dock, so we stopped in there to see the famous murals in the rotunda. Well worth the stop.
It was a 3 1/2 hour drive to Cow Head and we wanted to stop for lunch. We saw no restaurants for the first 90 minutes, but finally found the L&E Restaurant and enjoyed a good meal.
We were back on the route we'd come north on, so saw "our" icebergs one last time. They must be the last of the season, since we saw none farther north. So our timing was good -- the whales were late arriving this year and have been around only a short while and the icebergs are nearly finished but we saw both! Yaaaaay!
At Cow Head in Gros Morne National Park, we checked into our B&B, then secured tickets for tomorrow evening for a traditional Newfoundland music show. Nice to be somewhere for 2 nights. Feet up! Wine poured! AAAAAAAH!
We cruised along with two of them for quite awhile and saw another one in the distance. They stay in the area all summer, coming back every year, so are known to the crew and comfortable around the boat. Watching them was worth this whole trip all in itself. Our guide was very knowledgeable and entertaining. We learned about the gardens, the stacks of logs and the lobster pots we saw along the highway. And of course lots about the marine and bird life of the area. The St. Anthony Hospital is right across the road from the dock, so we stopped in there to see the famous murals in the rotunda. Well worth the stop.
It was a 3 1/2 hour drive to Cow Head and we wanted to stop for lunch. We saw no restaurants for the first 90 minutes, but finally found the L&E Restaurant and enjoyed a good meal.
At Cow Head in Gros Morne National Park, we checked into our B&B, then secured tickets for tomorrow evening for a traditional Newfoundland music show. Nice to be somewhere for 2 nights. Feet up! Wine poured! AAAAAAAH!
There be whales!
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