We started off driving in the mist/light rain that has been so typical of our vacation time.
Three hours later we were on the Bonavista Peninsula and no longer in crappy wet weather, but simply overcast, 10 degrees and very windy.
Our first stop was Trinity and oh my; it was a beautiful old town to visit! The building guides were very informative and we enjoyed speaking with them. One of our "long ago" relatives probably came here as a fisherman.
After touring the town we drove around to the lighthouse-the location of which,"back in the day", was a site of a French fort and later an English one. Judging by the wind we were enduring I can't imagine it being much fun back then living there.
The photo shows Trinity-as seen from the other side of the bay
We then drove around to the north side of the same bay and hiked one of the premier must-do hikes in Newfoundland; called Skerwink. A 5.3 kilometre hike along the seaside cliffs it was monumental. The views were outstanding. The weather mostly co-operated with only strong winds but at least no rain!
Very late in the afternoon after driving 30ish minutes to Bonavista we started looking for accommodation. It was "a lesson learned" type of evening as we couldn't seem to find anything available at a reasonable price. We found an Air Bnb place for $100 plus taxes so I booked that BUT did not get an immediate response to the request and didn't realize until shortly afterwards that the website indicated the owner "usually" responds within an hour to confirm. DAMN. It was already too late and we were running out of options My mistake! I messaged the owner that we weren't coming and thought he would see that message and not confirm the booking but NO, he confirmed it 90 minutes later (at about 8 PM). We had picked up another Bnb in a close by town by then. It was my mistake and will cost us about $112. Oh well. No more Air Bnb rentals that aren't done well into the future.
An unfortunate situation but one of our own making.
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