We spent a fabulous day in Twillingate under sunny skies, temperature 27º, felt like 32º.
We walked the 3.2 km from the campground down into the town to Pier 52 to take the two hour Twillingate Whale Seabird and Coastal Tour. The boat motored straight out into Twillingate Harbour before following the rugged rocky coastline past the Long Point Lighthouse. The scenery was spectacular. It didn't matter that it was too late in the summer for whales and ice bergs but there were some birds. We saw two bald eagles, several kittiwakes and a few cormorants. The crew was both knowledgeable and entertaining, playing the Newfoundland Ugly Stick for us. The sea was calm, the air pleasantly warm.
We ate lunch at Annie's Harbour Restaurant. I had shrimp, Kathy seafood chowder, very delicious. We browsed through a few gift shops before walking back to the campground in the mid-afternoon. It was a hot trek.
We had a few hours to recover before we returned to town, this time driven by campground staff who accepted a $5 "donation" from each of us. We went to the Twillingate New World Island Dinner Theatre. We are a delicious meal of pan fried cod followed by a two hour show which included a variety of funny skits, lively local music performed by the same folks who prepared and served the dinner. The show was fantastic, worth the $57.50 each. They perform the same show six nights a week. We sat with six others also from Ontario. Kathy enjoyed a
We were back at the campground by 9:30 and not too late in going to bed. Hopefully we'd be able to sleep after such an uplifting evening.