Today was the day for us to take a tour boat ride out of Twillingate. We got off at 8:00 to drive the 80 km's to the dock. When we arrived the temp was 54 degrees and the wind was blowing strong.
We have a couple of folks that might be bothered with seasickness so they picked the biggest tour boat in the Twillingate fleet.
They were hoping against all hope that the size of the boat would save the day.
We arrived decked out in our layers of clothing. I was clad in my long "janes", jeans, two pair of thin wool socks, a long sleeved T-shirt, a light sweatshirt, a fleece jacket, my raincoat, a winter headband (thanks Andy), and gloves. Others were dressed in a similar fashion although I might have had the most layers.
I am delighted to report that there was no seasickness! Let's hear it for the good sports in this band of 8 Mildhogs. Of course, there was no sickness because the wind was so strong they canceled the boat tour. No interesting birds and whales for us today.
Next up we went to the lighthouse. This was taken as we traveled along the way. This area of Newfoundland is referred to as The Isles. There sure are a lot of islands and there are people that actually live out here too. It looks like they have a thriving tourist trade and fishing fleet. At a population of 2,300 Twillingate has more people than all of the southern coast of Labrador.
There were a couple of viewing platforms near the lighthouse. As sometimes happens, this picture doesn't truly represent the color of the water. The light blue-green color in this picture was a vibrant turquoise.
As you can see, Allan is really enjoying his summer vacation on "The Rock". Ah, but he has a warm winter ahead.
Bottle Brush - Sanguisorba canadensis
After sampling and purchasing some fudge from the fudgery we found our way to the Auk Island Winery. We took a tour and had several samples of their fine berry based wines.
Next up was the Prime Berth Museum. Here you can see Brian checking out the skeleton of a Sei whale. Dave the museum owner claimed this dead beached whale from the fishery's dept. and along with some family members towed it ashore. He let the critters and birds have at it. Then he buried it for a few years. That was followed by him cutting away blubber and whatever else was left on it. He then put the bones out in the sun to bleach and finally he reconstructed it on his pier.
The Sei whale is the third largest after the Blue and Fin whales. It is a baleen whale. He had the baleen on display and it was quite hairy-like on the inside. All the better to collect little sea creatures for dinner.
Here is another picture of some parts of the museum. This is one man's collection of treasures. Let me assure you that he hasn't seen anything 50 years old or older that he didn't think was worth collecting.
Late this afternoon Brian met up with another fishing guide. He said he is tired of looking at salmon which is pretty much what we did all day yesterday. He is ready to do some catching. We are sitting around the motel playing cribbage with our fingers crossed that he catches something picture worthy.
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