South from St.John's

Today was the last day for serious driving.

First,we tidied up a bit. Some clothes items were never used.

Yup, swimming suit and shorts just took up space; actually the swim suit was "just in case" we ever stayed in a place with a pool but I thought the shorts might have gotten some use! Ha!- this vacation has probably been the worst we have ever had weather wise (but as always we have had a fantastic time).

Our first stop as we traveled down the east side of the peninsula was at Ferryland-the home of Lord Baltimore's first colony

Established in 1621 (one year after Cupids) it was apparently the capital of English Newfoundland. The French destroyed the original town in 1697 (as they did shortly thereafter at Cupids). We got lucky here because normally you pay to go to the "dig" but the office/visitor centre was closed for the season. A school road trip was happening at the time we arrived so we assume the site may have been opened up for them and we were able to "sneak a listen" to a local guide explaining some things. We got  most of our info from the placards located around the site however as we really couldn't "blend in" with the group ha ha.

Next we started driving around the coast line looking for nice views. There were many today.

We had high overcast clouds with the odd sprinkle or two but nothing too difficult to deal with. In fact I got out of the car at one point when we were on the "tundra" area between the east and west coasts and had to deal with mosquitoes.

We drove the remainder of that portion of the peninsula circling back through St. Mary's and then straight north before hitting the Trans Canada and turning east to St.John's. We were only gone for about five hours so we had time to to head back downtown St. John's for grand kids souvenir shopping and a meal at one of the down town pubs. Good food!

Tomorrow is our final full day here in St. John's. We leave this basement suite in the morning. We have slept beautifully here and this place really suited us nicely. Our car rental is to be returned by five and we have a room rented at the same place we stayed at the first night we arrived.