This photo is taken at the North end of Twillinggate Island in Newfoundland. Sunrise was around 4:44AM Newfoundland time. My plan was to arrive in the middle of the night and watch the Northern Constellations, but I needed to sleep with the others. The drive to Twillinggate is called the Road to the Isles – mainly because many little islands and bays are in the landscape. We drove in during sunset and drove out during the sunrise. At the end was a light house on a big rock. Many trails were around the lighthouse,but the colds winds were blowing from the North West (Alaska) and everyone was asleep. We had just cleaned clothes the night before and I did not feel like rooting around the vehicle to find a pair of warm pants, so I just wandered around the area in shorts during the waking dawn. We had a great time in Gros Morne National Park. On the drive out fo the park yesterday we saw Minke Whales playing, visited a marine biology lab where Ezra and Viena were able to pick up crabs, and we saw a family of Black (red) foxes – a mom and 5 little babies and the mom was not shy. We found a playground in Norris Arm shortly before sunset to let Ezra and Viena play. The playground equipment as well as many of the lawn chairs in neighborhood yards are colored in Pastel Atlantica Paint – Green, Orange, Blue, Red and Violet. The mosquitoes have been ruthless and ferocious.
We are in Terra Nova National Park. Ezra says he is scratching his arm. I think he is doing a finger test on the vegetable soup. You might think that we just finished on a bike ride, which we did, but Ezra and Viena discovered that the helmets actually protect their heads from – the Dreaded BLACK FLIES. We were the only ones in the campground. They have a picnic shelter and immaculate bathrooms in the background. I am charging my portable battery from one of the outlets. We went on a bike ride down the Outpost Trail. At one point the trail has a small suspension bridge that crosses a river. We took a dip in the not so fast flowing river and Ezra and Viena enjoyed playing in the not so deep riverbed. Next, we are either going to explore the city of St. Johns or go join a First NAtion celebration in the center south of the island. We tried sleeping without the rainfly, but the rains finally found us again.
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