FROM HERE TO THERE...

We took a drive down to Harbour Breton today. It is on the coast about 70 km south of Head of Bay D'Espoir. It was a cold, cloudy day, although the sun peeked out now and then.

Harbour Breton is your typical looking Newfoundland town.

There is a fish processing plant in the town.

Looking back at the town.

The area has numerous bays, that are almost fjord like with the high rising cliffs.

Pack as many houses onto the side of the hill.

Stored lobster traps.

Storage sheds at waters edge.

Flew into Deer Lake (just east of Corner Brook) today and was picked up by one of our inspectors at the airport. We drove to Grand Falls-Windsor for the night and then it's onto our site down in Head of Bay D'Espoir tomorrow. There is still snow on the ground and it was blowing snow for most of the drive.

I was able to connect with the girls this afternoon on MSN. I can see the girls on the webcam and we can talk to each other.

Took a detour off of the 103 on my way to Dartmouth this afternoon. Staying the night there before catching a flight to Deer Lake tomorrow. Drove a part of the Lighthouse Route along the South Shore.

A lone bird swimming in the water.

My ride for my time in Nova Scotia. It is a Mitsubushi Endeavor AWD.

Along the route is the Swiss Air Memorial Site. It is a memorial for the Swiss Air Flight 111 crash in 1998.

The Memorial Wall.

Inscription on the wall.

A map of the area forms a triangle, the crash site and the two main communities that were involved. The memorial site is in Bayswater.

The base of the memorial forms a triangle. The line leading into the photos points to the crash site and the diagonal line points to the community of Whaleback.

Some of the remains are buried here.

One of the beaches across from the memorial site.

Picked up some sand for my collection.

Boats in one of the many coves along the route.

Traps?

Typical colours in these communities.

Freshly carved sticks for something.

 

I'm off to the east coast this week to a couple of our sites. I'll be at Kejimkujik for a couple of days and then it is over to Newfoundland for a return trip to Head of Bay D'Espoir.

When I arrived in Halifax, there was a girl holding a sign that said Wendel Clark, Dale Hawerchuk. Sure enough the two of them came down the escalator. They were in town as speakers at some job fair.