Bonavista, Trinity and Area

Well, as we left Twilligate on July 18th, we literately almost ran into this moose. It was raining and we had to come to a complete stop with the rig to miss it. I wanted to see moose, but this is ridiculous. Next we went to Terra Nova National Park. This is another beautiful site. I know everyone is probably getting tired of me talking about how great this is. The next picture is a puzzle. We were actually on a trail. Can you find it? We hiked 20 kilometers to see some of the views. But this trail was hidden.

At the end, this is the view we were rewarded with. Double click on it to get the full effect.

Our next stop was Bonavista. We really wasn't sure where we were going to stay since we were a day early. We have been letting the weather determine when we travel. We knew we had one more great, clear days before the rain would come back, so we wanted to get here while it was clear.

We got into Bonavista around noon and immediately went sightseeing. It so happened that the Bowdoin Schooner was in town. The island is celebrating Bartlett 2009. Bob Bartlett was the Canadian that was the navigator and guide leading Robert Peary to the North Pole.

After touring the town, this was the most likely area in Newfoundland that we would see Puffins. We went in search and we found. It was only a short hike out to the point that is just across from Puffin Island. Here are just a sample of what we saw.

Then we had to visit the Bonavista lighthouse. From here, we could see forever. We couldn't get the pictures of what we really saw, but as we sat on the rocks here, we saw whales. The blows were visible without help, but you needed binoculars to see the tails. And we did. It was absolutely great. We planned on going back the next day, but the weather decided otherwise. Too many clouds.

So instead, we drove down to Trinity Bay to see the small historical town there. This town was different in that it was founded on commerce instead of fishing. This was a trading town with England. They had live reenactments of the different skills in the area. Here's a smithy, operating as he did over 200 years ago.

This was the Anglican Church in Trinity. At it's prime during the 18th Century. At that time there were over 500 attending church here. Now the congregation is less than 50.

After that, we went to the set of Random Passage. A mini series was filmed here in 2000. We're bought the DVD and are going to watch 6 hour show.