Day 11 Farewell to Bell Island-new activities

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We were sad to leave the amazing Bell Island with the fantastic local music, food, sights, and the friendliest people. Boarded the ferry early with a brown bag breakfast- Alfred and staff really took care of us. If you’re ever in the area,this is the place to visit and stay at the Grand Wabana Inn. Rain just about all day but that didn’t stop us for having lunch at Steve & Lisa’s off-the-grid homestead. On top of their hill Overlooking the Bay, we ate rabbit pizza, turkey pot pie, blueberry cobbler w/ custard ice cream and drank maple/blueberry mead. Thanks to their rabbits, goat milk, turkeys and garden. Then climbed in Jerome’s minibus, and traveled to small town museums,art shops and a community musical festival in Ferryland. This town is known for historic immigrant fishery dating back to 1500’s. Dinner was at a quaint BnB, Bread and Cheese Counrty Inn for our last dinner together. Wonderful time with everyone and great group leaders. Back to the Jag hotel in St John’s before heading back home on Monday.

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Photos

Houses at Portugal Cove
Fog rolling in

brown bag breakfast
Egg/ham sandwich with granola & blueberries

Cornelius the goat
Steve & Lisa’s mascot goat

Tough group eating lunch in rain
Beautiful view-homemade everything for lunch

Milking Maple-what fun!!
That’s me -not Max!

Rabbit pizza
Uh- not on Max’s pizza menu

Fresh blueberry cobbler/homemade custard ice cream
Thank you Maple for providing the milk

singers & muscian
Jerome entertains us again with museum guides. magnificent. Singing a song written by the guide in the picture,about the Irish coming to NF

Ferryland community festival
This town on the Bay/Atlantic that was the settlement of immigrant fishermen.

Cheese & jam Toutons
Another local favorite- flashed fried bread batter.

last cod dinner
We’ll always remember the marvelous cod dinners we experienced.

Comments

[Cheryl & Dave Langley]

Pati Shared
I enjoyed your trip vicariously. Pati shared your blog and I was ably to be a part of your beautiful adventure. Both you and Max are much more adventurous with food than I could ever be but, it looks like you had a wonderful trip. Thank you for the travel blog experience!

[GlobalFun]

Our trip
Thanks for viewing, Cheryl, it was fun reading the comments from everyone and involve with this travel blog. It's amazing, we had people from Maine to CA viewing and a couple that responded to my blog who wanted a picture of the area their ancestors came from, I didn't even know them.