Gold Canyon, Az

Gold Canyon, Az
New Years Day 2015, Gold Canyon, AZ

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Newfoundland - Day 5

 A number of stops on day 5.  Started out with a short drive out to the Bonavista Lighthouse.  We were there the previous evening on a scouting trip just before we went out for dinner.  Evening mist was rolling in and the light was fantastic and there was me without my camera.  The next morning was still pretty grand but not the mystery that evening light with ocean mist can provide.

And guess what.  More Puffins. 


Tourists have been busy building cairns. 



Wild roses abound



And yes there was even a lighthouse. 



Next up was a short drive to Dungeon Provincial Park to see the sea caves and natural arch carved by the sea. 


Don doing his majestic explorers pose. 


Then a bit of a drive to Tickle Cove to see another sea arch.  Thanks to some friendly locals for redirecting us when our GPS took us astray.  

 Lots of iron content in the rocks.




Can just imagine the view that the owner of this house has. 

One the way home we stopped at Kings Cove for a little walk out to another lighthouse.  What grabbed my attention was not the lighthouse but some of the fauna on our walk through the woods. 




That's it for day 5. We put on 17,000 steps and a few hundred kilometres but were back to Bonavista in time for dinner and live entertainment at Skipper's Restaurant.  Entertainment included a couple of our servers joining in playing the spoons and the ugly stick. 



Sunday, October 1, 2023

Newfoundland - Day 4 - Puffins Galore

Back at Elliston to shoot the Puffins.  They have so much personality.  Just wished I had brought the 600mm and the tripod.  Had to do a lot of cropping with high ISO on most of the shots.  

 












Newfoundland - Day 4 - Bonavista Harbour / Spillers Cove

Day 4 started out with a morning walk around the Bonavista Harbour, a trip to Elliston to see the Puffins, a stop at Spillars Cove, off to the Bonavista Social Club for an early dinner and ending up back at our house in Bonavista for some great sunset shots.  

Bonavista Harbour is just across the road from our house.  Great view from the front veranda.  




Spillers Cove provided more great views of the coastline.  Even spotted a whale although it was a fair way out to sea. 



The view from our dinner table at the Social Club.  



Great sunset to finish off our day.




 I'll post the Puffin pictures from Elliston in a separate blog.