"Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts." Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

This post will wrap up our last 2 days in Newfoundland as most of our time will be spent in a vehicle making our way back to St. John's and our flight back to the homeland. Today dawned clear and would have been a good day for Andrew to try and conquer Gros Morne again, but we had to get on the road to head east. Andrew took one last picture of the formidable mountain and unlike yesterday when the top was clouded in, today would have been a clear view from the top.

September 28

Yesterday .........

Today!!

September 29

We left Gander early and headed east to our final destination of St. John's. We ended up having lots of time so decided to take a side trip to Cupids (a short hike here was recommended). We arrived in the  sweet little community of Brigus for our lunch. The restaurant had musical instruments (2 guitars and a banjo) available for anyone to give an impromptu song or two. It's also where I found my dream home - see pic. There was also a tunnel which was blasted out with gunpowder to allow the captain quick access to a deep water harbour. It took 4 months to complete as the holes where the blasting charges were put were drilled by hand. 

We then headed over to Cupids, the oldest continuously settled British colony in Canada. It was established by Englishman, John Guy in 1610. Andrew decided to make the steep climb up Spectacle Head Trail to have a 360 degree view of Conception Bay. From there we made our way to the airport and had a listen to a 'traveller's choir', a random gathering of folks being taught a musical number by a choir director and pianist. If you want to have a listen head over to my Facebook account. A great way to end our trip to this beautiful province of Newfoundland.

Restaurant in Brigus where the mic was all set up for anyone to grab an instrument and entertain.

The tunnel in Brigus - explained above.

Quaint little town of Brigus.

A stone barn.

And my dream home - it's actually for sale.

Andrew's view of Conception Bay from the top of Spectacle Head.

So much fun to explore another province of Canada - Newfoundland does not disappoint. Some of the views would certainly rival our own pretty province of Nova Scotia. Getting away and discovering new territory and hiking with my guy does the heart good.