Day 50, Sunday August 11

Day 50, Sunday August 11

View from Dawson and Kevin hike

Well today is departure day from Newfoundland.  Our flight is late evening so we have a little time to say good-bye to Twillingate.  Dawson and Kevin opt for French Men’s beach head hike and Roma and Julie opt for the Twillingate Museum and Craft store.  The museum is very good.  There is a display ind information about a famous opera star **** Touliguet who is from Twillingate.  Touliguet is the French name that was originally given to Twillingate and the angolphones anglisized it to Twillingate.  We learned much of the original history of the community which gave us a deeper appreciation of Newfoundland and the hardships of living on the “rock”.

Minke whale of the point

Kevin leaning into car window or a last goodbye!

Dawson and Kevin had a good hike and saw a whale off the point.  We met up by 11:30 and headed out toward Grand Falls in 2 vehicles.  Julie hopped in with Kevin for a good last chat as he was going to work in the offices at Grand Falls for the afternoon evening.  Once we got to Grand Falls we went for lunch at Jungle Jim’s which is a low end Rain Forest Café style restaurant.  Of course it was tasty albeit “not good for us food”.  We said our good-byes to Kevin.  Not sure when we will connect again.  He is coming to Ontario for Thanksgiving, however we will probably be in Annapolis by then.  Most likely he will spend Thanksgiving in Toronto area.

The three of us play some auto bingo to no avail as much of what is needed does not exist here such as deer crossing signs, railway crossing signs etc.  We reach Deer Lake by 5:30 which is a good 3 hours early and find out our flight is delayed by 40 minutes.  Luckily Linda and Ralph are in town touring so pick us up at the airport and we go to dinner together.  We have a lovely visit for a couple hours and they drop us back of at the airport.  Linda and Ralph have another week in Newfoundland and are heading to Twillingate area.  We pass on some of our tourist knowledge we have gained.

Back at the airport we have about an hour to get through security, boarded and take-off.  Once again the 3 of us are upgraded to business class.  Nice travelling with “elite” Dawson.  The flight is good.  By the time we land and get our luggage and skypark picks us up it is about 23:00 Ontario time so :30 am in Newfoundland.  The drive up to Midland takes little more than an hour so we are in bed by 1:00 a.m. Ontario time.  Roma has been wonderful helping with the coordination of getting back to the boat.  It makes her drive home to Sarnia longer so it is very much appreciated. 

The first glimpse at the new dodger and bimini is exciting.  It looks wonderful.  Can’t wait to see it in the morning light.

Cheers

Julie and Dawson