Twillingate

On Friday, we continued east and then went a little north to a Provincial Park near Twillingate.

Saturday morning, we took a walk around the campground of the Provincial Park... yes, I know, it has an odd name.

View out into Dildo Run (the body of water)...

... a couple of the islands in Dildo Run.

Newfoundland is, itself, an island, but I read an article recently that indicates that there are over 7,000 islands in Newfoundland and Labrador! (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/adv/article-7000-islands-to-explore/)

We had called to make reservations to have dinner and see a show on Saturday evening, so we drove in to Twillingate to purchase our tickets so we wouldn't have to stand in line when we arrived for the dinner and show.

Along the way, we saw icebergs along one of the causeways with some fantastical shapes (there wasn't a very good place to safely pull off so this was a quick shot out the Jeep window).

We continued on through Twillingate and saw a car pulled off taking pictures -- we walked up to a rise to see what they were seeing...

... and saw a neat boat-shaped one beyond a couple of houses (you may be able to see a red zodiac raft just to the right of the iceberg for scale).

There was also a large flat one further in the distance -- but the fog was starting to come in.

We couldn't see from that spot, but, as we drove just a short distance further...

These two (we have heard that they are just one connected underwater) appeared.

The original boat shape and large flat one were also still visible.

We drove a little ways farther...

... and got an even better view of the boat-shaped one. In addition to seeing the iceberg more closely -- do you see the two specks in the water?

 

Zooming in on that picture -- there are two kayakers right near that iceberg!

While we were there, we heard a tremendous CRACK! and saw waves from the right end of the iceberg -- we guessed that a part cracked off, though we didn't actually see it split off.

These houses have a front row view of the icebergs that come into the harbor! You may be able to distinguish the flat iceberg off the headland in the distance.

Another view of the ship-shape and 2-block one.

We were hoping to get another view of the large flat one, so continued driving toward the end of the road to Long Point Lighthouse -- but it was getting foggier and foggier...

Pretty foggy here at the light house. The foghorn was going off every minute or so -- made us jump each time!

Carl has been looking for property that we could buy and fix up -- he thinks we could get this one for a good price. It looks like it may fall down into the valley any moment!

It was too foggy to see anything from the lighthouse area -- though it looks like the views could be stunning if it was clear. Maybe Sunday will be clear?

We headed back into Twillingate and stopped at the Twillingate NWI Dinner Theatre to pay for our dinner and show reservation.

Pretty dining room -- we'll be back later in the evening.

Outside, there was a lady cooking lobster at the seafood market... she cut the bands off the claws...

... before dropping them in the hot water.

They turned orange almost immediately.

We went inside -- they had a lot of seafood, much of it live, for sale...

The crabs were wanting to get out and go home with us!

The sign said that they had live mussels, but we didn't see any in the tanks.

We would return there later in the evening for dinner and the show -- more in another blog about that!

Since I'm posting this on Sunday -- Happy Father's Day to Carl, and all the dads out there!