Our last day in Newfoundland and
we are on our way to a picnic lunch in Ferryland. We had a lovely drive up and wouldn’t you
know…there was one more thing at the side of the road. Most times we could never stop in time. Side of the road stuff can be really
neat.
Today, it was a fellow who liked
to make boats and little scenes. We were
able to turn the car around on the rural road and go around for a better
look. He was a very talented fellow and
had lots of things for people to see.
Then we were up at Ferryland for
our picnic. It was quite a walk in from
where you could park. Fortunately the
sky was overcast and that saved us some as the weather is promised to be a
scorcher today. The temperatures in
Newfoundland have broken – no make that smashed all the records since records
have been taken. I think the average temperature
for July was 25 degrees this year and in all other years the average July
temperatures was 21 – so that is huge for this part of Canada and today it was
30 and with the consideration of humidex – 40!
It was brutal.
So up at the lighthouse, it was
quite foggy and windy. We were never
cold, but it was such a change from the city heat and humidity. We had a lovely basket of sandwiches, orzo
salad, homemade lemonade and a delicious desert. They provide picnic blankets for sitting and
you just grab a space on the grass outside to enjoy your lunch with amazing
views all around. What a great and unique
experience. Barbara Brown and her sister
Brenda and Barbara Arnold joined us for lunch and it was so great to be with
our Newfoundland cousins one more time.
Soon it was time to go and then
we were on our way to Holyrood and A Schooner Inn for our last night before
returning home. It felt like we were
coming home when Colette was on the deck.
How lovely to spend the beginning of our trip and the end in such wonderful
company. We had one more walk to dinner
along the boardwalk and then home again.
Then a visit on the deck and now to get a good night sleep before we are
on our way tomorrow.
Goodnight and goodbye for now.
2 comments:
A wonderful ending to a wonderful adventure. Thanks for letting us in on the fun and the foodstuffs. It will be good to get you all home safely so we can hear more directly from the travellers!
Lots of love again,
Looks like you had a great trip April. Brought back some memories for me and the trips I got to take with my parents many years ago. Wonderful pictures for sure and the lobster made my mouth water :) Going to miss you at Kinvig and yet wish you an amazing next chapter in your life. <3
Sheila
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