Antique Lilac
  • Home
  • for Sale
  • Galleries
  • Favourite Photos
  • Tutorials
  • Blog
  • Links
  • Books

the Kid's Adventure in Newfoundland

We went on a road trip to Newfoundland in the end of June and early July, and took along two sets of dolls - a historical pair, and a group of five contemporary children. They included Paige, David, Ringo, Cookie, and Olivia....
Picture

the Ferry

Lined up, waiting to board the ferry to Newfoundland...
Picture
Ringo was concerned...."Are you sure all these cars and trucks will fit into that ferry?"
Picture
"There sure are an awful lot of them!"
Picture
"Better get inside, since our line is starting to move"
Picture
Following the RV in front of us, in we go.....
Picture
We brought a few kids with us on the ferry, and went up un deck....
"Look at all those birds over there!"
Picture
Down below them, the huge concrete pylon was covered with nesting cormorants....
Picture
.....and many nests were full of babies...
Picture
"Let's go look around some more..."
Picture
Checking out a lifeboat....  "Do you think there's enough room for everyone on board?"
Picture
Before we sailed, I decided it wasn't worth keeping the dolls with us for seven whole hours. We were on the ferry Atlantic Vision (least favourite of the Maritime Atlantic ferries) and it didn't have any good outdoor seating at all, so there wouldn't be the opportunities for photos like I had hoped. Once the ferry set sail, passengers would no longer be able to access the vehicle decks, so Jan quickly took the dolls back down to the RV.

Twillingate

The next day a big storm moved in, and we ended up changing our travel plans, and headed east. We arrived in the town of Twillingate, wiped off one of the soaked 'docks' so the kids could finally get out and have a look around....
Picture
"Look at all the boats in the harbour!"
Picture
"But there's no icebergs..."
Picture
Picture
But that didn't deter Paige from taking some photos....
Picture
We headed over to the Twillingate lighthouse, high on a cliff overlooking the ocean, at Long Point....
Picture
David and Olivia got out to look around, but the fog was too dense to see much of anything...
Picture
"There's no icebergs here either..."               "How can you tell? I can't see anything"
Picture
"Well, if there were any, they'd be out there..."
Picture
Back in town, David and Ringo visited the Iceberg Shop....
Picture
Their tour boat was moored along their dock. Business had been really poor this year. Hardly any icebergs had shown up.
Picture
With the sun finally out, and the weather forecast looking hopeful, we decided to take the ferry to Fogo Island. We missed the ferry by just fifteen minutes, so were first in line for when it came back three hours later. Which meant we were first onto the ferry....
Picture
Of course, no sooner had we booked a ticket, but it started to rain again.
​On Fogo Island, Olivia and Ciikie watched as the ferry was reloaded for it's trip back to the main island....
Picture

Trinity

The next day we were back on the main island, and drove to Trinity. It's a beautiful old English town, dating back to the 16th century. It has many old buildings registered as Newfoundland Heritage Structures, and it's like a visit back in time...
Picture
There was a small 'stage' out by the water near the Ryan premises, on which some of the kids had gathered with their ice creams...
Picture
Ringo wondered what it would have been like here, two hundred years ago, back in the days of merchant ships and pirates...
Picture
So we explored the town some more....
Picture
We stopped high on the hill overlooking town, and Cookie took her ice cream and sat down...
Picture
"This town is like a Pioneer Village, that people still live in.."
Picture
"Yes, and if you look way out there, where the lighthouse is..."
Picture
"...there used to be a fort, to protect them from the French."
Picture

Cape Bonavista

We arrived at Cape Bonavista around dinner time, and the kids chose to eat their's at the picnic table overlooking the famous lighthouse.....
Picture
Picture
"That pizza looks really good..."
Picture
"I'll take slice of the pepperoni, please.."
Picture
While having dessert, Cookie noticed something.....
Picture
"What's that over there?"
Picture
Ringo and Olivia went to look....
Picture
Picture
"It's an inukshuk"
Picture
"There's several of them over there on the rocks..."
Picture
So they went on over for a closer look...
Picture
"This one is bigger than me!"
Picture
"I wonder who made them?"
Picture

* continued - Part 2 

Copyright © 2019 Martha Boers
All Rights Reserved

(return to Favourite Photos 2019)

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.