Out and about near St Lunaire

We finally decided to brave the rain and fog on Friday afternoon...

We headed into St Anthony to go to the Foodland Grocery store...

Turns out that the grocery store was attached to an indoor "mall" with a Dollar Store and a Bargain Store (as well as a pharmacy and other small businesses).

Carl was pleased and surprised to see Carhartt shirts (well, *one* Carhartt shirt) in the Bargain Store...

... but nowhere near as pleased and surprised to see that there were 3(!!) brands of canned ham in the grocery store! Who has heard of Kam and Klik brands of canned ham?

Yes, we know that canned ham is not considered "real meat" by connoisseurs, but Carl likes it with his eggs!

We drove to the lighthouse area to see if we could see anything, but the fog was in so thickly that we really could not see anything out on the water.

In the evening, we had seen on the Iceberg Festival schedule that there was to be live music at Skipper Hot's Pub 'n' Grub -- since that was only a couple of miles from the campground, we decided to go there for supper and to listen to music.

Skipper Hot's Pub 'n' Grub

Carl ordered Moose soup -- it looked a lot like Campbell's Vegetable Beef. Carl said that if he took a bit of moose meat and chewed it he could taste a difference, but otherwise it seemed to be Campbell's.

The band/singing group came on soon after 7pm. The group consisted of (from left to right), an ugly stick player, a bass player, the lead singer and guitarist, and an accordion player.

Our entree's came soon after -- we both got fish 'n' chips, but Carl got his fries done "poutine" style (with cheese and gravy) - they were *much* better than what we had gotten a couple of weeks ago in St John, New Brunswick.

The lead singer invited folks to come play their additional "ugly stick"...

... and during the evening, various tourists got up to join in.

After the band took a break, they provided an opportunity for folks to be "screeched in" as honorary Newfoundlanders...

... this involved getting into some Newfoundland garb (rain hats, wetsuit wear, and boots.

It also involved learning some Newfie lingo...

... and kissing and then biting the head off of a dried and salted caplin fish...

... the faces after biting the head off indicate that it was not the most delicious part of the ceremony.

The last part was drinking a shot of Newfoundland Screech (rum) - which presumably improved the taste of the dried caplin.

I guess the "historic" step involves each candidate kissing a codfish on the lips, but maybe safety concerns following COVID have caused a change in the ceremony.

We probably should have taken this opportunity to get "Screeched In", but alas, we did not...

A picture of the inside of the "Pub 'n' Grub"

We enjoyed participating with some other tourists and locals and hearing some music by folks from Newfoundland. If you'd like to hear some of the music, check out this video compilation that we put together: https://youtu.be/Y9Q9DtnzPIY