OOOPS ... no trip pics on this new notebook ...but did find some thing to show ...;-) Finally found the missing blog that get's me back to home ground. Before plugging in the end of the Maritime Adventire it must be sid that my stay in Fredriction with two fabulous friends was the sensation of the return trip. The visit was to have occured at the beginning of the summer... could not find the place and not for want of searching.... drove to who knows where afe a year but was so so so happy to spend time with this wonderful couple in their stimulating art clustered abode. Loved their space, their welcome, their positive vibes! Ferry Nfld. to New Sydney N.S. , the drive to Fredricton N.B. and the dash to sudbery via Ottawa and ... read more

Clouds call enticingly to be up, up and away. The upper strata must wait till September 11, 2017, when the UK Bucket List trip begins in London England. The garden by the Lake has been promised a summer of loving attention! ... this being a testy challenge what with below zero temperatures, swarms of blackflies, an eavestrough that an appointed handyman has failed to put right, and a staircase at a forty five degree angle that a nincompoop thought nothing about leaving for an increasingly older young-at-heart retiree. Temperatures are rising! Blackflies apparently pollinate blueberries .. get to it! and away from my face ... the bushes are heavy with white bell shaped blossoms. My sister has attached the eavestrough ... only ten centimeters is missing from the original vinyl trough ... so the job will ... read more

July 16, 2016 The Norse, Vikings means raiders, came to Vinland from Greenland under the leadership of Lief Ericksson. A bronzed statue in the village of L'Anse aux Meadows stands gazing out to sea much the same as the statue in Trondheim Norway ... actually the two statues are copies of one another. Both have been digitally immortalized ... LOL. In this area of the Northern Peninsula are found the town of L'Anse aux Meadows and the Parks Canada Historical site, a UNESCO Heritage Site, L'Anse aux Meadows. In the Visitors Centre admission is paid and a guided tour can be had for an additional fee. Two couples were also about to pay and the attendant asked if we were together because than the fee would be much lower ...four dollars is four dollars ...paid for ... read more

July 12 +13 Gros Morne ... the famous Gros Morne was reached. OK... so only for one night ... but the twentieth will see a four sleep visit. From La Scie to Gros Morne was far and long... 236km ... because of numerous stops for; coffee, food, toilets, attractions, moose, rock formations, construction, craters called pot holes and the Newfoundland Insectarium. The sign stands at the side of TCH (Trans Canada Highway) and the van headed there immediately. Lucky move! ... this also being the road leading to Gros Morne. The imported $1200 a month cocoons and chrysalis hang beyond a picture window on rubber tubes, the kind that cover and insulate water pipes in the basement. There was much excitement as The Morpho Butterfly from Venezuela emerged from its tiny green chrysalis. The wings become ... read more

July 6, 2016, Little Bay Island in Central Nfld, bathed by the waters of Notre Dame Bay which in turn is fed by the waters of the great Atlantic Ocean. We have been remiss ... and that is because we are taking a break from the Big Maritime Adventure. Here in Little Bay things are most quiet, very wet, and totally delightful. The house, which used to be owned by Aunt Edna but is now operated as a B&B by Sharlene who is originally from B.C. ,is deemed a heritage house. It is filled with all the things of days gone by and things left behind by Aunt Edna. Another couple from Boston has been sharing the dining room table with us, partaking of scrumptous breakfasts and equally delightful and wonderfully presented dinners. To get to ... read more