Just a few photos from our trip to Twillingate. Guys, this town… we were driving around, and I lost count of how many times I said “it’s SO PRETTY!” If you like fishing villages, gorgeous views, an amazing landscape, lighthouses and a whole lotta ocean, this is the town for you. There weren’t any icebergs around on the day we visited, but Twillingate is one of the best places to see them (not to mention the whales and the sea birds). Honestly, if AJ’s next posting can’t get us close to St. John’s, I’d be happy to move here.
Here’s the website, because I ran out of space for all the pictures I wanted to take.
Anyway…
The view from the restaurant where we ate lunch
A fun wine selection
Welcome to Newfoundland, folks. Did I mention that this is near Dildo Run Provincial Park?
This lighthouse looks like a chocolate milk bottle. The view from the top is spectacular!
That may or may not be Horney Head Cove. Pretty though, ain’t it?
beach treasures
Sleepy cove
I thought the abandoned mining equipment was delightfully creepy!
Somebody’s shed
More urchins than a Charles Dickens novel, I swear.
Sunbeams over town. I wish I could have taken more pictures of the buildings; I do love a place where the houses don’t all look the same!
Oh, and here’s the weirdest thing we saw, when we were walking near the boats in the harbour: these things that looked like tentacle-less jellyfish, and they lit up. Rows of light reflecting the sun in rainbow colours. They looked like those cheap fibre-optic toys you buy at the circus, but tasteful. And also alive. We probably spent way too much time looking, but they were amazing! And it always drives me nuts when I can’t put a name to an animal. Closest I’ve come so far in my search is “comb jellyfish.” Any other thoughts? That’s a solid blob of critter there, not tentacles.
see the light-up dots in lines on the right?
This one appeared to be quite deceased (an ex-whatchamacallit, if you will), but you can see the structure. And its… mouth?
So there you go. Twillingate. And gelatinous blobs. YAY!
I’ll be back…
disregard the prologue 