After lunch, the sun jumped out, the sky turned blue, the snow stopped and we went to Cupids. In my last post I did say we’d go to Brigus next, didn’t I? Right. I lied. But you’ll like Cupids. I promise. Cupids is actually just north of Brigus and we decided to swing through the…
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Conception ‘arbour & Bacon Cove
After Avondale, we mosied along to Conception Harbour. There’s a wreck there of a whaling ship, thought to be the “SS Sposa” that has been beached there since 1964 and it makes for dramatic photos. Apparently the SS Southern Foam and SS Charcot lie out in the harbour and make for excellent scuba destinations. For…
Avondale Station, everybody out!
Today we went exploring, as we are prone to doing in winter. Truth to tell, we’re pretty much prone to dropping everything and wandering off vaguely, quite of our own accords at any season of the year, but we make a pointed effort to do so in winter so as to avoid doldrums (which are…
Exploits on Land & Sea (older episodes)
For those looking for more information on or pictures of Exploits Islands (and I know you’re out there – I can see you in my site stats!), follow this link to watch CBC’s Land & Sea Episode on-line (originally aired January 30, 2001). In it, Ed Roche talks about his researches into and paints about…
Sometimes you only get one
I took a lot of photos this morning. The light was nice, but variable, but the sky was sort of bland (no matter how I exposed it). The end results were overall not what I was hoping for, especially since I had damned near frozen my fingers to the bones waiting for the sun to…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 