Newfoundland

Day 5 - Friday, August 26

Note:  My camera is misbehaving therefore new pictures will be sparse for the next few days.  I have plenty from the past week and will use some of these until I'm back in photos business.
 



Fiddle Night at Follies

 Gary and I caught the ferry to Port Aux Basques, Newfoundland at 1:00 am last night, but not before we spent several hours at a restaurant called Follies.  Thursday is 'Fiddle Night'  which invites all the locals to come to the bar to play as a group.  At one time there were 16 fiddles going at once.  Great music! 

The seven hour ferry crossing was quiet during the late hours as most people were trying to catch some ZZZZZ's - us included.  We didn't have a cabin or a bed.  A bad imitation of a lazyboy chair was the sleep arrangement for the evening.  It almost worked.  I have to say there is nothing as good as your own lazyboy in which to snooze. 

A gray wet foggy morning provided us with a typical Newfoundland greeting.  The day remained overcast and rainy so the loss of camera use wasn't a total disappointment.  However, even this gray mask could only attempt to hide the rugged beauty of Newfoundland.   Ocean, rocks, bays, rivers, mountains, and trees all fell into an artistic order like a seaside painting.  We drove north to the town of Deer Lake set on and near, what else, a huge lake.  After checking in at the Deer Lake Motel, we drove to tomorrow's golf course to make a tee time.  Humble Valley Golf Course appears to be an outstanding layout.  There will be more to come tomorrow - 3:00 p.m. tee.

Jungle Jim's restaurant was the recommendation from several locals.  It's a cute place with a jungle theme and goofy drink suggestions.  The seafood platter was as good as 'fried everything' could possibly be.  Not a highlight today.   

We are currently at the Deer Lake Motel where Gary is trying to dump his pics from his camera phone to his computer.  Not working!  He is ready to dump his computer and phone into the lake. 

His last declaration - "We need a beer!"