Around St. John's

We've spent the last few days in St. John's, mainly being tourists.

Tuesday evening was a highlight when we had dinner with Peter & Barbara Clarke and their son Michael. Peter is my 1st cousin once removed (mother's side), and this was the first time we met. We had a great dinner and a wonderful visit. Thanks very much for the hospitality.

We're flying home tomorrow. Since I have some time before our 4 ayem getup (yawn), here are some photos from around town.

On the left is a photo of part of old St. John's, at the east end of town, just below Signal Hill.

Laura and I pedalled out to Cape Spear (most easterly point of North America). The image on the right is of the original lighthouse there, since restored and replaced by a new one (to the right, not in the picture).

This is Petty Harbour, south of Cape Spear. I dropped by there on the way back from the Cape.

These buildings are in downtown St. John's, on Military Road. Our B&B, "The Roses," are the first two buildings on the left. As always, we were treated very well by the hosts, and had a great stay there.

Here is the cruise ship Aurora, entering the harbour today. They just fit through the narrows. If you look carefully, above the pilot boat to the left of the Aurora there is a rock with a light on it, which further constricts the opening. Those guys certainly know how to drive those things. (Janice - this is the boat your friends are on, I believe?).

And, the last photo for today is of Middle Cove, where I pedalled to today, after we visited the "Rooms" museum. It's a pretty spot, with imposing cliffs on either side of a small gravel beach.

So, that pretty much finishes our trip. It's all over but for the credit card bills (and sorting mail, and getting caught up, and, and and...)

I guess that's about it for the blog as well. I'll get around to assembling more of the photos and some maps with the GPS tracks of our trip. I'll put the maps up on the blog later, if anybody is interested.

Talk to you soon, Greg

PS - does anybody know how to extract a blog off the net and save a hard copy (HTML?) version of it? I wouldn't want to lose this.