The weather cleared about 10am and from our beautiful spot on the pond, we drove north towards Twillingate, stopping at Boyd's Cove to visit a Beothuk Interpretation Center.
It is in a beautiful new building that tells the story of the Beothuk people, whose culture went extinct about 1829. They were called Red Indian because they smeared reddish-colored ochre over their bodies and all possessions.
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| Spirit Garden |
They were coastal peoples, living primarily off the bounty of the sea, supplemented with some caribou and bear. When the Europeans arrived, the Beothuk retreated inland and suffered starvation, some violence at the hands of the Europeans, and European diseases like tuberculosis that wiped them out by the early 1800's. The archaelogical dig is close to the interpretation center, but the trail to it was closed due to a bridge being washed out during the hurricane last year.
Just down the street from the Interpretation Center, was a nice level spot to stop for lunch, a nap, and some gull watching.
We continued on to Twillingate - and along the way we captured a few interesting sights:
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| Now THIS is a snowplow |
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| Apparently, America's litigiousness is spreading.. |
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| We have seen many, many houses with these permanent ladders for cleaning the chimney |
We were going to stop at this campground, but they didn't have any electric sites and we weren't sure how strong our batteries are.......
THE place for watching icebergs and whales from shore. Unfortunately, most of the bergs were far from shore, and we were so busy photographing the icebergs, we forgot to even look for whales.
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| Must have been trying to get a photo of an ice crystal with that monster lens! |
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| This was a decent sized sailboat with a cabin - looks like a toy next to the berg |
We stayed at the only campground here, Peyton's Woods RV Park. Their advertising made it appear you would be oceanfront, but for those of you who have booked an oceanview room at a swanky hotel, you will know that you are NOT oceanfront and the view is usually just a slice of the ocean if you place yourself just right. We were lucky to get a spot high in the back on a hill, where we could sit and have cocktail hour with a small slice of ocean, front and center.
Twillingate is a neat little town and we enjoyed absolutely fabulous weather - bright and sunny in the high 60's.
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