The boat adventure across Bonne Bay to Woody Point over, Shaun drove us to the restaurant for lunch.
As close to the internet as you’re going to get (Note #2)
Lunch:
Because of the dampness outside, I’d hoped for a hot coffee upon entering the restaurant. No luck. A full water jug center-pieced each table. The meal arrived almost immediately.
Three kinds of fish: Capelin, Turbot and Cod. Two scoops mashed potatoes dusted with fresh parsley, carrot knuckles, and a branch of broccoli. The carrots were perfect, just soft enough, and the broccoli crisp and bright green.
The Capelin was tricky. It’s a small fish about six inches long and deep-fried. The bones, tail, and side fin were edible as was the backbone inside. The chef split the fish in half for a nice presentation, but I didn’t enjoy the (too hard- over-fried?) texture though the taste was fine.
Dessert: Nanaimo bars (one for everyone as well as cloudberry tarts (yellow berries). Shortly after, cream cheese pie with partridge berry sauce (red) arrived. Only two tarts and one bar remained at our table for four. I didn’t partake. Coffee and tea were served in lovely china teacups and saucers. Only one cup of either per customer. Oh.
Our tour group filled the small restaurant. One server delivered and picked up after all 34 meals. Afterwards she had to rush off to another job.
This is some of the art on the walls inside the restaurant:
After lunch, we walked—more like struggled—on the boardwalk along the water. The wind blew strong and fierce, too wicked for picture taking.
I was relieved to get on the bus after the wind’s blowing us about. Off to see the World Heritage Site, Gros Morne Park and tablelands.
No wind here. I managed to stash three small rocks into my pocket for souvenirs. We were told not to take any, but I’m not sure if that was a joke. Why not? Was there worry they’d run out?
The drizzle continued, though the sun made attempts to nip in and out of the clouds. Next on our agenda was the new Discovery Centre where we finally saw replicas of a moose and caribou. This was a gorgeous building but a sign next to the bathroom door warned the water wasn’t safe for drinking until it was boiled for a full two minutes. Shoot. I hadn’t thought to bring a kettle.
- The moose is large like a horse
- Is part of the deer family
- Has paddle-shaped antlers
- Females don’t grow antlers
- Has long legs
- Caribou are much smaller than moose
- Part of the deer family
- Antlers grow tall with many branches
- Female grows and sheds antlers
- Also called reindeer
- Have wide hooves
- Like the cold and high altitudes
We watched a film on climate change, took pictures of models, and lost Francis. We wandered about killing time until he showed up. A panicked woman from our group approached Mary and me. Her iPad said it was out of storage space and she couldn’t get in. Mary happened to know what to do because she’d the same problem the day before. She managed to get into the video files for the woman to delete some of them to free up space. The look of wonder she gave Mary was priceless.
- Newfie is not a nice word—it’s a putdown
- Many commemorative stamps. First one 1857.
- Flooding is not an issue, but sea levels are rising
- Even a door on the second floor without stairs or balcony still called Mother-in-law door
- http://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/society/jake-crocker-house.php
Jake Crocker Heritage House
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March 18, 2016 at 6:32 pm
Such a beautiful place. I would love to live here.
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March 21, 2016 at 9:09 am
I would love to live there as well. The air is clear, clean, and not stinky from manufacturing. Talk about being close to nature. Wonderful of you to come along, Cindy. Thanks. ❤
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March 18, 2016 at 6:41 pm
That’s my kind of lunch and it looks delicious. The place looks so peaceful and lush, so nice to see.
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March 21, 2016 at 9:08 am
Thanks, Paulette. The lunch was way too much for that time of day but hey, I dug in well. I loved that there were no factories of stinky industry. The air clear, cool and–sigh–windy or drizzly, but we lived to tell the tale. 😀
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March 18, 2016 at 6:46 pm
That looks like a great place. Loved this post. Your meal made me feel hungry and I adored the moose figures.
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March 21, 2016 at 9:06 am
Thanks for joining in, Lucy. The lunch was way too much for that time of day, but hey, if you set it in front of me, I’m going to dig in. The moose figures made me think of paper mache, brown like a grocery bag (the paper ones).
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March 21, 2016 at 2:25 pm
It didn’t look like too much for me at that time of day, in fact any time of day works for me – sigh!
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March 18, 2016 at 7:31 pm
Nfld has really been on our minds as a destination Tess. It seems from your posts that a good rain /wind jacket and warm clothes should be a necessity. I loved the art as well as the moos sculptures. Not so long ago we got to see a Mama and baby moose in the mountains.
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March 21, 2016 at 9:04 am
The tourist season had closed the previous week. The weather had been wonderful, as well as plentiful whales and lobster. We were a waiting list the tour company decided to keep happy I suppose. Moose season started as we were leaving. Our guide was getting revved up to go hunting. Funny, we never saw even one.
It would have been wonderful to see a Mama and baby moose. I’ve never seen a baby. Lucky you.
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March 18, 2016 at 7:33 pm
Interesting tidbits, Tess. Darn, but they were stingy with the coffee, huh? Or was it that the management was taking pity on the one and only server… Always fascinating to take a trip with you. Mega hugs
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March 21, 2016 at 9:01 am
Wonderful to see you, Teagan. I’m not sure about the one-coffee bit. Seems it was the norm everywhere, except the one restaurant we were allowed to grab a paper cup and top up because we hadn’t enough time to finish our ‘mug up.’
I didn’t notice anyone else bothering the waitress for a second cup either.
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March 18, 2016 at 7:51 pm
Spectacular photography! Heading out that way next year! 💛💛💛
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March 21, 2016 at 8:59 am
Thank YOU, Clanmother. Glad you’re heading that way. I enjoyed myself as I’m sure you will as well. The people are warm and funny, always looking for a good laugh. Our tour had been tacked on when the season was already closed due to people on the waiting list. Everything might have been brighter had we gone earlier in September, or before.
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March 18, 2016 at 9:01 pm
Enjoyed this look at the scene. What was up with the coffee and tea? My goodness a cup just wouldn’t cut it. Thanks for taking me along.
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March 21, 2016 at 8:55 am
I know. I love when we were in the States many years ago, a carafe of coffee was plunked on a table for four. Yum. Or tea if you preferred–mostly coffee though.
Thanks so much for coming along, John. The more, the merrier. 😀
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March 21, 2016 at 9:19 am
I’ll bring the coffee next time.
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March 19, 2016 at 2:31 am
Love the restaurant art – especially the steep mountain sides.
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March 21, 2016 at 8:56 am
I can’t think of anything I disliked about this trip–except for the weather, but who has any control of that. Lots to see and enjoy. It was a wonderful time. Thanks so much for coming along.
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March 19, 2016 at 4:32 am
You do get to some fantastic places Tess. The pictures are glorious.
xxx Sending Gigantic Hugs xxx
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March 21, 2016 at 8:52 am
Thank you, David. I don’t know much about this style of painting, but am curious and will have to look into it. Though the colors are muted, they are bright and cheery. Nice to have you along. Thanks for the visit. 😀
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March 19, 2016 at 4:37 am
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I do enjoy my armchair travels with Teresa Karlinski who has guided me through China in the last couple of years and is now introducing me to Newfoundland.. Her posts are entertaining, informative and detailed.. I felt quite the shiver from the wind that swept across Woody Point this morning!
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March 19, 2016 at 5:30 am
Enjoyed this very much, Tess. Wonderful photos and I love the art on the walls of the restaurant 🙂 Brrr…those winds, we’ve had a taste of them over this winter too, whipping up the ocean and making walking difficult.
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March 21, 2016 at 8:50 am
Yes, the winds weren’t kind but we lived to tell the tale. I especially like the colorful folksy art. The restaurant with the HUGE lunch was lovely too, airy and bright. More accessible hot drink would have won the day. 🙂
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March 19, 2016 at 6:23 am
Thank you for the tales and the photographs Tess x
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March 21, 2016 at 8:45 am
Wonderful to see you, Jen. Thanks for the visit. I did enjoy this trip. ❤
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March 22, 2016 at 8:33 am
You’re welcome…I come and I go, when time allows these days. ❤️❤️
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March 19, 2016 at 7:35 am
In 1976 I walked to the top of Mount Vesuvius and put some pieces of solidified lava in my pocket. I still have them but have often wondered if I should have taken them.
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March 21, 2016 at 8:44 am
I’m not sure if the guides say not to take the rocks as an incentive for tourists to do so–on the sly like kids. 😀
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March 19, 2016 at 8:55 am
I love rocks and wind. 🙂 I could go there. 🙂
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March 21, 2016 at 8:42 am
I love rocks and wind and water. I grew up with all of these. They’re in my blood and I still haven’t really left Newfoundland yet. The geography and people are close to my heart. ❤
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March 21, 2016 at 7:10 pm
So we are connected by rocks and wind. I like that Tess. ❤
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March 19, 2016 at 9:17 am
Even though Newfoundland is near the ocean so therefore snow isn’t as much of a problem, I’m still surprised at how flat the roof is on that house. There are major storms along any coast, and I would think a steep roof would be more suitable.
Your disappointment in not have coffee available is understanding. Coffee, tea, cocoa, something to warm the insides seeing that the weather was getting nasty would have been terrific.
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March 21, 2016 at 8:41 am
Usually they have tons and tons of snow. This year, not so much but then we didn’t get much either. It’s been a weird winter. When I was a kid, we lived by a lake and we were blasted by snow every winter. I don’t know how the snowplow mounded the snow as high as it did. 🙂
The village I lived in (the one by the lake) also had buildings with flat roofs. You had to get up there and knock it off after big storms. I don’t understand why they weren’t peeked. The houses were, but not the business area.
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March 19, 2016 at 10:45 am
That seems like so much food! I think it’s because I’m so sedentary anymore, with all the writing. You’re up and walking around and braving the elements. I bet that burns lots of calories.
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March 21, 2016 at 8:37 am
I know. That’s not my idea of lunch–more like supper. We DID sit a lot covering lots of miles by bus and there were those days we couldn’t really walk around a sight because of the weather. Still, we did our share of walking and my clothes didn’t feel / get tight. 🙂
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March 19, 2016 at 11:10 am
It looks interesting but cold! The fish must have been very fresh.
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March 21, 2016 at 8:35 am
The fish was great. Cod is king there and we certainly had a lot of it. It was nothing like what we buy frozen in our grocery stores. No fishy smell at ALL. At home I prefer sole to cod but in Newfoundland, I probably wouldn’t know the difference because the cod was that light. 🙂
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March 19, 2016 at 1:13 pm
Tess, Newfoundland is such a beautiful place even in the drizzle. Being a tea drinker, not so nice, lunch with one cup of tea! Fun traveling with you! Look forward to the next trip! Happy Weekend! 💛 Elizabeth
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March 21, 2016 at 8:33 am
Thanks so much for coming along, Elizabeth. Great to have you. Never can do much about the weather, but I can’t complain. The sole waitress had her hands full. I didn’t notice anyone else asking her for second cups of tea or coffee. On the other hand, maybe Newfoundlanders subscribe to that one cup of coffee to which we’re told we should limit ourselves. 😀
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March 19, 2016 at 3:00 pm
Looks like a yummy lunch, and like the art work too, strange about not allowing you to take the stones!
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March 21, 2016 at 8:28 am
Yes, the lunch was filling. Under regular circumstances a dish like this would be my supper, not lunch. Not that I eat sweets, but I was too full for anything afterwards, certainly not dessert. 😀
About the stones, that might be a joke.
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March 19, 2016 at 3:58 pm
I so enjoyed this read Tess. Newfoundland is a part of Canada I have to explore but hope to do so in the next year or so.
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March 21, 2016 at 8:26 am
I lucked out going to Newfoundland with my sister because of our exchange rates to U.S.D. We decided to stay in Canada. Except for the weather–a storm blew in across the Atlantic the night of the day we arrived–the trip was interesting and the people warm and funny. 🙂
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March 19, 2016 at 10:39 pm
Wonderful photos. I am enjoying your trip. 🙂
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March 21, 2016 at 8:20 am
Thanks so much for coming along. The more, the merrier. 😀
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March 20, 2016 at 4:41 am
Those desserts sound lush, you don’t eat sweet stuff at all? Shame about the small coffee rations, you must have been desperate 🙂
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March 21, 2016 at 8:20 am
I was desperate about the coffee–or anything hot by that point. I noticed no-one else asked for seconds. The sole waitress was run off her feet.
No, I don’t care about desserts. I don’t know when or how that happened–years ago. At least I might be saving a few calories a day. 😀
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March 20, 2016 at 9:07 am
On the issue of Coffee….what is up with that? I would have been on my knees in tears begging for more. I am certain they would have thought me quite spoiled and terrible.
I loved your pictures, your descriptions, the art on the walls too. I think taking a couple or three rocks will not break them. I am always taking some reminder from the places I visit. As always, your tours of the places you visit is spot on and such a joy.
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March 21, 2016 at 8:18 am
The restaurant was airy, full of light, small and had only us as patrons. Can’t have much business. They must live for the tour buses. Lots of places were already closed for the season. Our trip was an add-on because of interest in Newfoundland.
One girl to do the serving, cleaning up and coffee service was a bit much. I didn’t notice anyone asking for seconds–and then she had to rush off to another job.
Always wonderful to see you, Val. Thanks for the visit. ❤
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March 20, 2016 at 5:18 pm
Lunch looked yummy. And that wind doesn’t seem to let up, lol. I have to admit I didn’t know that the caribou is smaller than moose. Thanks for the lessons and great photos. 🙂 xo ❤
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March 21, 2016 at 8:15 am
I didn’t know about the caribou either. I guess think reindeer. Moose are BIG.
I especially liked the colorful folk art. 😀 ❤
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March 21, 2016 at 8:10 pm
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March 21, 2016 at 4:04 am
Thanks for sharing, Tess. I love the art in the restaurant although the staff sound really overworked. Oh technology… Looking forward to more!
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March 21, 2016 at 8:13 am
Business can’t be all that good if we were the only customers (1 busload and not even a full one).
I really like the folksy and colorful art as well. The restaurant was airy and pretty–no other way to describe it.
Great to see you. ❤ ❤ 😀
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March 21, 2016 at 8:40 am
It looks such an interesting place, reminds me of Ireland. I think there’s a large community of Irish descendants in Newfoundland, it must have reminded their ancestors of home. My friend’s daughter and her husband lived there for a year and she said some of the people in the town she was in spoke with a Waterford accent, although they had never been to Ireland.
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March 21, 2016 at 9:13 am
Hi, nice to see you, Jean. I’m not sure what the Waterford accent is, but I can tell you some towns are solid Irish from what our tour guide said. He’s 5th generation (I believe in Newfoundland) and he definitely sounded Irish. 😀
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March 21, 2016 at 3:49 pm
Great post and glorious pics as always, Tess!
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March 23, 2016 at 3:38 pm
Thanks for the visit, Kev. Glad you enjoyed the pics and tagging along in the damp and drizzle.
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March 24, 2016 at 9:18 am
You’re welcome, Tess
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March 22, 2016 at 3:09 am
It does seem cold and bleak outside but any view of the ocean is wonderful. Did you get to see any live moose or reindeer, or just the sculptures?
Don’t forget to take out the rocks before you launder!
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March 23, 2016 at 3:36 pm
I remembered the rock, Sharon. They were in my suitcase. I wonder what the xray in airline security read them as. 😀 😀
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March 22, 2016 at 8:16 pm
Love the art! And the fish made me drool. Loved this whole post, thank you Tess, for taking us on your journey. I always wanted to live there, now even more so. 🙂
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March 23, 2016 at 3:35 pm
You’re such a sweet talker, Donna. ❤ ❤ The people have a great sense of humor no matter the weather. 🙂
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March 25, 2016 at 7:18 pm
A beautiful place and your dinner looded delicious. I enjoyed taking this journey with you.
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March 25, 2016 at 7:23 pm
It really is a wonderful place. Of course, I ate way too much.
Nice to see you. Glad you’re coming along for the ride.
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