On Sunday, John, Katherine, Rowan and I went to Harbour Grace – Carbonear – Freshwater for a geocaching adventure. There were two events on (one in the morning and the other at suppertime), with 50 squeaky new caches released. We found 31 of them (which is a record for us in one day) and none…
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Field trips and journeys, no matter how far
All Around the Circle, part 2: If you gogo to Fogo….
As I mentioned in an earlier post, we three intrepid travellers set out to go “All around the circle,” this summer, after spending three weeks on Exploits Islands. When last we left off this saga, the Family Taylor-Hood had finished Twillingate and was about to embark upon the trek to Fogo. First off, there are…
Studio visit: The Grumpy Goat Gallery
John, Katherine, Rowan and I decided to take advantage of the great weather yesterday. We threw assorted stuff into the car and scurried out around the bay to geocache, visit a studio and generally explore. Upper Island Cove is one of those places that we’ve always meant to visit, but never stopped at. Katherine’s job…
Exploits 2011, part 2: The Continuing Saga
Weeks two and three of this year’s trip to Exploits were much sunnier! John and Moss arrived, with Heather, Bob and Eleanor. The day they arrived was cloudy and as soon as the boat entered the cove, the heavens opened and it poured. And poured. Then it rained some more. We hauled everything up to…
All Around the Circle, part 1 (Moreton’s Harbour and Twillingate)
Hip-yer-partner Sally Thibault Hip-yer-partner Sally Brown Fogo, Twillingate, Moreton’s Harbour, All around the circle I’ve wanted to go “all around the circle” for years and years, but have never made the time. Each year we drive up to Cottlesville (north of Gander, south of Twillingate), take the boat across to Exploits Islands and after a…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 