Newfoundland is photographic eye candy. We’re back on the road today after seeking refuge in a hotel from torrential downpours. We leave you with a few scenes from the province’s fishing lifestyle.
Fishing Villages
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Newfoundland Rocks!
For the geology fans out there, Newfoundland boasts some of Earth’s oldest and most unique fossils and rocks, dating back billions of years. Scientists have used its geology to trace the planet’s history and prove continental drift.
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- Green Point – Gros Morne National Park
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- Green Point – Gros Morne National
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- Green Point – Gros Morne National
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- Hard to believe these striations were once horizontal layers of sediment.
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- Cambrian and Ordovician layers.
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- Walking on prehistoric rock beach.
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- The official plaque at Green Point.
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- Ofer on rocks from Earth’s mantle, rocks so toxic, they can’t support plant life. Interesting! Gros Morne National Park.
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- Tablelands, Gros Morne National Park.
New Brunswick
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- Our first night in St. John, New Brunswick, courtesy Air BnB.
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- Nifty architecture in St. John, NB.
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- St. John, NB. A distinctive town character.
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- St. John, NB. A fluffy friend. My violin teacher always had Great Pyrenees. I remember the drool all too well!
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- St. John, NB. Graveyard for the American colonists who decided to stick with the British after the American Revolution (aka Loyalists).
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- Fluffy dogs are popular here.
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- Bay of Fundy – on the ocean floor at Hopewell Rocks. Very awesome.
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- …high tide! Some of the highest in the world. Now that’s awesome.
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- Low tide at Hopewell Rocks.
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- Waiting for the boat to Newfoundland.
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- Hurricane Arthur makes visit.
A Tribute to Canadian Awesome
We’re not sure when the awesome campaign began, but whenever it started, we agree. We’re having quite the awesome time hanging out with our neighbors to the north. We’re working on our photographic examples of Canadian awesomeness. In the meantime, click here for the top 10 reasons Canadians are so awesome. DO NOT miss the video at reason #6, where you’ll get a good dose of Canadian humor and learn the Canadian national anthem to boot.
O Canada!
The Atlantic Provinces tour is underway. July 1 we made the eight hour drive from Boston to St. John, New Brunswick just in time for Canada Day festivities and…World Cup action at a local sports bar! USA lost to Belgium but the team put up a good fight. How aboat that goalie Tim Howard, eh?
Autumn Snapshots
Day 17 – Jonestown, PA to Somerville, MA
After 17 days and 3,700 miles , I finally made it to Boston (actually Somerville). Yay !!!!!!
Pittsburgh, PA to Jonestown PA
After spending two nights in Pittsburgh with Illah, Marti and kids, I continued along the Lincoln Highway until Chambersburg. Consequently I didn’t make much progress timewise towards Boston. The road here was nice, going through small towns and some classic 40’s and 50’s icons. As I got on the Interstate late in the day, got a taste of the agressive driving – was tailgated by a truck driving at 70 mph.
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- Museum of the Lincoln Hwy in PA
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- Ligonier PA
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- Some very straight road
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- and some very curvy
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- They managed to preserve this roadside coffee house
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- The ice cream parlor is still in operation
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- road rage…
Day 14 – Toledo, OH to Pittsburgh, PA
I decided to get off the interstate and travel along the Old Lincoln Highway. The driving was very slow. I started the day with the driving time to Pittsburg at about 4 hours via the interstate, after 3 hours of driving I was still over 3 hours away. The route is now a mix of cute old towns, business districts (walmarts and car dealerships) and corn fields.
Chicago to Toldeo OH
Not a particularly interesting drive today through Indiana and Ohio – stayed at campground ouside of Toledo that is mostly full time seasonal residents with campers.
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- Lots and lots of trucks on the road
