Sunday
We arrived in Twillingate about 5pm yesterday. Time enough to check into The All Seasons B&B and find a place to eat. A couple of stops from our B&B is Canvas Cove Bistro. We were treated to delicious food prepared by Chef Nick Jewczyk. I enjoyed the homemade sweet potato soup and a cup of hot water with lemon to soothe my sore throat. A cold was coming on. Needless to say, I did not live up to my previously mentioned nick name as I was neither one eyed nor red faced yesterday. Just call me a Saturday teetotaler! No worries, Sharon made up for my lack of alcohol intake yesterday as she enjoyed an ample glass of wine for dinner. The result of her consumption was a meandering path back to the B&B.
For me, it was an early night to try to sleep off this threatening cold.
Feeling a bit under the weather today, I skipped my run and loaded up on oil of oregano, OJ, Fisherman's Friend, and Advil Cold and Sinus. That combination had me feeling a fair bit better by this afternoon.
After breakfast, we headed out to Crow's Head to take in the views from the only still manned lighthouse in the area. The vista was outstanding! It is rather difficult to describe the magestic beauty and pictures will never do the views justice. We sat admiring our surroundings for quite some time before heading into the lighthouse. Inside the lighthouse there was a Titanic Musuem. Basically there were about 50 boards with write ups about the Titanic from its inception, construction, voyage, disaster, and some aftermath. Although I have been to a number of Titanic exhibits before (Halifax, Southampton, Missouri) the fascination still exists and new learning always takes place. Bruce Ismay, who was chairman of The White Star Lines, turned out to be a bit of a shit really. Ismay hopped on a lifeboat to save his life, leaving 1500 ppassengers and crew to perish. The White Star lines made the decision
to stop paying any surviving crew members at 2:20am, the moment the Titanic sank!
We had a light lunch and a plan to hop on a boat for a whale watching tour at 4 pm. Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate so we will tour tomorrow. We headed down to the harbour to get a cup of coffee and visit the Newfoundland Chocolate Company. Walking back we discovered four vacant Muskoka style chairs where we decided to sit and enjoy our coffee (and me my chocolate). Sitting at the oceans edge is very peaceful. So much so that I enjoyed a nap, falling asleep to the sound of the water lapping the shore.
We were out for dinner once again to Canvas Cove Bistro. We are becoming regulars. I enjoyed their turkey vegetable soup. Looking out over the harbour we could see clouds and rain in the distance. Returning to our B&B we decided to partake in a couple of Iceberg Beers while sitting in the grassy hills overlooking the ocean that is the B&B's backyard. We sat for a couple of hours enjoying the beauty of our surroundings, watching a storm pass by, singing along to olde school and new tunes, chatting, and laughing (as you all know I am pretty funny - my companions aren't bad either!).
Another fantastic day on The Rock, b'y. Looking forward to our whale sightings tomorrow!
you are pretty funny
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