Days 38 & 39 - I got a new pen

Day 38 - Thursday, August 8, 2013 
16 to 23 degrees

I got a new pen!!

Up at 8am to a quick breakfast, cleanup and pack up

we are on the road to Twillingate at 9:30

on our way out of the park we spotted another moose

this one had a large calf with her

Dad was able to snap a few good photos

 click on the pictures to make them bigger

the road was the same old same old

most good but bumpy in spots

the terrain is very wooded with no houses and the traffic is light

a stop in Grand Falls-Windsor for lunch in the trailer then back on the road

along the way we received a call from Melissa at Marine Atlantic

Dad laid it on thick about two senior citizens having to sit up in chairs all night
because we no longer have a berth due to the rescheduling

Melissa must have felt sorry for us because she spoke to her supervisor 

who was able to change our reservation to a daytime sailing on August 14th

now no berth was needed which we are happy about

once we turned on to Route 340 out of Lewisport

we came across the nicest houses we have seen so far in NFLD

the road is just two lanes with no passing lane

arrive in Twillingate about 4pm

our first encounter in the campsite was with two gals from Burnaby

they have been on the road since May and won't return home until October

they recommended a great dinner theatre in town

the campsite proprietor booked us tickets for the dinner theatre

and also recommended tours for both a lighthouse and winery

also picked up brochures for a boat tour

dinner is hamburgers outside

Dad still working on photos

to bed at 10pm

Day 39 - Friday, August 9, 2013

Woke to a beautiful sunny day

we are ready to explore Twillingate

first we book a boat tour with Twillingate Adventure Tours for 1 o'clock

 while waiting for the boat tour we drive up to Longpoint Lighthouses 

 

where we see a travelling exhibit on the Titanic

an excellent exhibit so much to read I didn't get through it all before we had to leave

while we were there we also went on a tour of the lighthouse

where we had to climb to the top

as we  climbed the staircase it got narrower and narrower

my concern was getting back down but I managed to make it

then off the whale watching tour ...our guide was Kim who along with
her brother, the skipper, said she had been doing this for 9 years

she is a local so is very knowledgeable about the area

first order of business is to give us the lowdown on Newfie speak
... which was quite funny

then lo and behold a humpback whale is spotted close to the boat

it surfaces twice

Whale #2 spotted was a Minke whale
Minke whale, or lesser rorqual, is a name given to two species of marine 
mammals belonging to a clade within the suborder of baleen whales

having not expected to see any whales this made it a great tour

at one point Kim hollered up from down below that she was going fishing

within about 10 minutes she pulled a good sized cod from the water

after the tour we hurried back to the trailer to take Missy for a walk along the beach

got cleaned up for our dinner theatre

we are seated at a table with two other couples 

one from Ontario and the other from Massachusetts

dinner was soup, main course and dessert

all prepared by the folks from the community

after dinner the same folks put on a show that consists of 

singing instrument playing and some very funny skits

the stage and props aren't quite as polished as some we have seen at home

but very enjoyable all the same

back to the trailer at 10 o'clock 

and off to bed