Twillingate and our First Glimpse of Icebergs!

YES, we saw icebergs today!  I was so excited because we called some of the boat tour operators the day before and they told us the last one in the area had broken apart on Sunday. We stopped at the visitor centre on our way to Twillingate and asked if there were any around. One of the girls there, called her friend who works on a boat to see if she had seen any earlier in the day. We were told the last one had drifted out - so there was nothing within 10 km of the shore and the boats didn't go out that far.


It was a beautiful sunny day and we continued our drive, stopping at a local roadside fish market near Summerford, for lunch. I had a lobster roll and Marcel tried cod tongues here - and we both agreed the cod cheeks are better. We had tried those at Bonavista a couple of days earlier and we both liked them. Before leaving the fish stand, we bought two large lobsters that had just come out of the pot. They sold them for $7.25/lb cooked, which we thought was a good price. We also bought a package of cod cheeks - they were frozen. We let the lobsters cool in a bag on the floor of the car, but put the cheeks in our plug in cooler in the car along with an ice pack we had brought from home. 

Taken with our Nikon

As we rounded a corner in Twillingate (on our way to the Long Point lighthouse), I spotted an iceberg out of the corner of my eye. We enthusiastically drove straight to Long Point and I am so glad we did. When we arrived at the lookout, there were, in fact, 4 icebergs; one triangular, one long low and flat rectangular, one large block and another smaller one. The triangular one was the closest to us and we could see it quite clearly with our binoculars. This time we had our Sony Handycam and were able to zoom in to take a photo. Although we could see the other three way off in the distance quite clearly when we arrived, they quickly drifted further out, mixed with the haze of the horizon and became hard to see. We decided not to take a whale watching and iceberg quest boat tour as we have already had some great views from shore and so, will save that for a later expedition on the west coast of the island. 

Zoomed to 60 x on our Sony Handycam

We stopped at the Auk Island Winery for some tastings and bought a few of their wines. We spent the rest of the day enjoying the sunshine and views in Twillingate and surrounding area.We stopped for a drink before dinner at North 99 – a local lounge overlooking the bay. At 5:40 we began our drive to Crow Head.

We spent the evening at the "All around the Circle Dinner Theatre" in Twillingate. I had the salmon dinner, Marcel had the cod and I have to say, his was better than mine. I found the salmon a little overcooked. His was perfect. Two other couples were seated at our table and the conversation was fun and lively. One couple was originally from Switzerland, lived and worked in Toronto for many years and are now living in Bancroft, Ontario. The lady of the other couple is from Pembroke (and had also lived previously in Bancroft) and her partner is from Newfoundland (near Twillingate). He is a teacher in Nunavut and she is going to relocate with him in September.  The dinner and show were well worth the cost of admission. The show ended about 9:30 p.m. and we arrived back at our campground in Lewisporte just before 11 p.m.