Today we drove from Eastport to Twillingate. We stopped several times to take pictures of icebergs. The coastal drive was quite pretty. Many of the houses are white now, rather than the 'jelly bean' colours, and lots of them have the five pointed barn stars that we had also seen (and purchased) in P.E.I. We went to some trouble then to buy a star that could be assembled at home, and it looked really good on the side of our house, until someone stole it that is! We might try again, although it woud be way easier to order one on line and have it sent to Calgary.
We stopped to see the Beothuk interpretive centre, which has artifacts and the history of the Beothuk people. We took a pleasant walk down to the site where some of their houses were discovered. These people died out from starvation and disease after the European settlers forced them to move inland.
Our B&B overlooks Twillingate harbour. The owner also runs one of the iceberg tour companies, as well as having ties to a restaurant down the road. The food at the restaurant was not very good. After dinner we drove out to Long Point to see the lighthouse and hopefully more icebergs. The iceberg tracker showed a lot in this area a few days ago, but perhaps they have since moved on. Guess we'll have to take a boat tour to be able to see them up close.
We also drove out to Moreton's Harbour. There's only a few small boats there now, and no evidence that this was once a thriving fishing harbour. Perhaps it seems silly, but since we'll be in Fogo and Twillingate, we wanted to complete the circle from the song I'se the Bye. I mentioned that to our hostess, and she told me that one of her other guests had done that just the other day as well!
On Monday we took a boat tour to view the icebergs up close, as there are no large ones close to shore at the moment. The skipper was able to get quite close and circled around it a couple of times. We saw lots of cracks and water pouring out of it in a couple of places. Apparently it was quite a bit bigger yesterday, and by tomorrow it will be gone. If they don´t get grounded then they move pretty fast. The ones we can see now would have left Greenland about 2 years ago. Some years they get lots, and other years hardly any. It depends on the winds and the direction of the tides. This year the season started in Febrary which is early. And sometimes they´re still seeing them in July, which is late. We were so lucky to have a sunny day for the excursion, as the viewing is much better on the upper deck.
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