Chestermere, AB
July 23, 2015 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 21 °CGetting ready to head off in 6 days. We leave July 29 and meet up with Janet and Don in St. John's that evening. Paul and Cheryl arrive via NS and PEI on July 30th. Looking forward to fun times!!
Getting ready to head off in 6 days. We leave July 29 and meet up with Janet and Don in St. John's that evening. Paul and Cheryl arrive via NS and PEI on July 30th. Looking forward to fun times!!
July 29 - After a full day of travel, via Toronto to St. John's, we arrived in St. John's at 8pm, with a wonderful greeting from Janet and Don. The weather was cool (cold) and wet (foggy). They hadRead more
July 30 - St. John's, NL. First full day. Though it's cool and overcast, we set off for the Railway Museum in St. John's (for Don!). We drove to Quidi Vidi just outside St. John's, bought some beerRead more
Aug 1 - Three hour drive in the rain to Trinity - at least it only rained when we were in the car! We were able to check in, eat our home made chick salad sandwiches, and then did the 2pm Pagent - aRead more
July 31. We are all up early to a cool overcast day, so we bundled up and went to Signal Hill. Some walked to the summit, other drove. Great views and a cold wind. From there we drove to Petty HarbourRead more
Aug 2 - We were up and packed early to have breakfast before heading out in the zodiacs for the whale watching advanture with
Skipper Bob. We all donned great weatherproof suits, the day was foggy -Read more
Aug 3. A driving day, we headed up the coast to Elliston to see the Puffins at Puffin Island. A short walk past the root cellars brought us to the island - thousand of puffins on land, swiming andRead more
We have a 3 bedroom cabin called Monty's Shorescape - and is beautiful. Right on the water - and the sun came out to join us when we arrived! After some serinading by Paul and dancing with Janet, weRead more
Aug 5th - our 43rd Anniversary! Sunshine greeted us. Cheryl took their car to Rocky Harbour to have the brakes checked. She had a great visit with Rudy's father as the car was checked - needs wheelRead more
Cool and wet morning - rain off and on. We decided to have a 'down' day. Everyone is catching up on their reading and I - my blog! This afternoon Cheryl will get the car fixed in Rocky Harbour and weRead more
Don and I are also looking forward to being together again - shades of the UAE!