We stopped off at Terra Nova National Park for a pit stop, and much to my delight they have free showers! We had tried to have a shower earlier that morning, but couldn't find a good place to set up our camp shower...so it was a very welcome surprise.
Later that day we arrived in St.John's and we did a driving tour of Luke's old neighbourhood (Luke grew up there). A whole lot has changed since he moved away and it is a whole lot more affluent and larger. I loved all the colourful houses and the art and culture in the community.
I also dropped into the Nonia store, where they sell hand knit items made by women in the surrounding communities for charity. The had *beautiful* things.
We wandered up and down Water St for a while. Then sat down for some coffee. Mmmmmm. There's a particular coffee shop that we liked called The Jumping Bean, where we spent some quality time.
Since we had another rainy and very windy day the next day, we did some touristy things and went to Signal Hill.
Here is Cabot Tower, where Marconi received the first transatlantic wireless signal.
And here's one of the views:
We had planned to hike around a bit, but the wind was so strong that we cut the hike short.
We also went to Cape Spear, the eastern-most point of North America. We walked around the WWII bunkers that remain from when it was a strategic spot in the Battle of the Atlantic, mostly used as protection from German submarines.
The gun barrel, that is mounted on a disappearing carriage that allows it to be hidden from sight.
The ocean was a bit rough from the wind and rain.
I had too much rain on my lens to take any more photos!
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