The-PITTSTOP: Baccalieu Trail, Newfoundland -- June 26-27, 2017

Lily pond in St. John's Pippy Park

Monday presented a super glorious morning - sunny and warm. We left St. John's and traveled through the western suburbs, which are growing. New subdivisions popping up all over! We eventually got beyond those areas and drove along the coastline through small towns. We stopped early to enjoy the beautiful day and checked into a campground in Brigus.

Crystal clear water along the coast

I think this may have been an old well in one of the yards

Woke to another gorgeous day and headed over to the old section of Brigus. We parked just outside of town and walked to the quaint harbor town to visit Captain Bartlett's family home built in the early 1800's. Cap't. Bartlett was the skipper of the ship that took Admiral Peary to the North Pole. He made many trips to the Arctic and the family lived in the home until the 1970's.

Captain Bartlett's Family Home

Polar Bear Rug

Jack said when we are really old when we start seeing items we remember as artifacts in museums.

A beautiful early 1800's tall case clock

The town is full of very old homes, interesting architecture, blooming lilacs and crab apples. We walked down to the harbor area to see an old church overlooking the bay and then checked out the cave they dug so that Cap't. Barlett could easily get to his ship in the deep part of the harbor.

Love the name of this property

View of the modern side of Brigus

Brigus Harbor

Monument in the harbor to Captain Bartlett

Country Corner Cafe

We ate lunch at a local cafe where I had their specialty of cod chowder and Jack had a hot turkey sandwhich. We shared a desert of blueberry crumble with ice cream. Wonderful!

We drove a mile to Cupids Cove, just a mile away and parked along the harbor where we took a little nap before exploring their Legacy Center with exhibits about the history of Cupids Cove, the oldest British settlement - 1610 - just six years earlier than the Colony of Avalon in Ferryland. We saw photos of the cod spread out and drying all over the beaches and then stacked floor to ceiling in barn-like structures, awaiting export. This was also a huge seal hunting port in days gone by.