Day 56 - Twillingate, Newfoundland

Here we are again on Wednesday, July 25th in Twillingate.  There were predictions for rain this afternoon, but it turned out to be a windy but beautiful day.  Our plans for the day changed, but we still started out touring the Prime Berth Fishing Museum.  We’ve toured more than our share of museums but this one was a more hands-on type of tour. 

The owner took out a family fishing for Cod before we got to the museum so when they all returned, he demonstrated how to slice and clean the fish – even cutting out the tongue and cheeks.  The little white bones are from the ear section and his wife makes earrings from them.  There was very little that wasn’t used of the fish.  The bottom left picture is an overview of some of his buildings and fishing boat.  The red building is The Stage.

The owner told us the story of how a whale was found on a beach and he was able to haul it back to his property and later he put the skeleton together for display.  It was a Sei Whale which is very rare and is about 50 feet long.   It is from the same family as the humpback whale.   He is a very impressive and energetic guy always coming up with ideas to keep himself busy.  He also hauled his Dad’s Stage (building used to process the fish) from his Dad’s home to his. 

The change in plans this morning was to take the Whale Watching Cruise today versus tomorrow because of storm predictions.  Good idea!!  Did we see any whales?  Heck No!!!  Of course, we heard of all the stories as to how many whales have been seen as well as Dolphins just off the shores.  Right!! We did see a few fisherman out but that was about it. 

Lot of rugged and rocky shores.  It was fun to watch the waves hitting the rocks.  Middle picture is of the boat that we took.  The black streak in the rocks is lava.

We then took a ride and ended up seeing the Long Point Lighthouse.  There were several walking paths that we took around the grounds.  They are working on the lighthouse so we couldn’t go in, but we did find good photo-ops. Bruce found himself a comfortable place to get a birdseye view, as did us girls.  The lighthouse is a natural brick color - not sure if they are going to paint it or not.

 It really got warm so afterwards, we went back to the campground and changed into shorts.  There are great paths here so Bruce and I took a quick walk before dinner.

Three of our guys went Cod Fishing the other day so they donated their catch for a Fish Fry – so nice of the guys.  The rest of us brought goodies to go with the fish - another great meal.  We went for another walk with Wendy, Wayne and Chris.  I think we worked off our meal - thank goodness.

Picture of the Day:

These red berries are so pretty.  I found out that they are Bunchberries and thought they would make a pretty picture.

Hope the sun is shining where you live.