Benny is playing music with two of our neighbors in the campground. The fiddle player was junior Canadian champion one year. He now teaches fiddle and judges competitions. Needless to say they all had a great time. Some people in the campground even stopped by to listen to the music.





The reason we came to this area was to attend the Kintyre Farm Scottish Concert in Judique, NS. This is an area known as the Ceilidh Trail--known for its Celtic music. In this picture there is a fiddle player, guitar player, and piano player. It was great music.






This fellow was doing a Scottish dance to the music of the fiddle and piano. We had a wonderful afternoon sitting in the field listening to traditional Scottish music.

Our first stop after getting off the ferry was Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. It is located in the northeast part of the province, in the Cape Breton area. It is a national historic site of Canada--a fortified seaport settled by the French in 1720. If you click on the picture and make it bigger you can see it in the distance.





These buildings are recreations of what was here in 1744. It is quite a history lesson as they have people dressed in costume acting out real people who lived at the fortress. They have a childrens program where they can become children of the fortress and learn the games and life at that time. This picture is of some of the children in costume.





More of the buildings--in the right corner is the building where the baker of the fortress worked. He baked for the garrison of around 700 and for the civilian population of about 2500. The civilians would bring their bread mixed and he would bake it. There was more that one baker in the fortress.




The governor's house as well as the church and sleeping quarters of the garrison were in this building. The metal horse in front was a means of punishment for the soldiers. The soldiers would straddle the horse and have weights tied on their ankles. They would then sit there for hours.





This is the front gate of the Fortress of Louisbourg. It was occupied by French until 1745 when New Englanders and British Royal Navy captured it. They were there until 1749 when it was given back to the French. They were there until 1758 when the British again captured it. The British abandoned it in 1768 where it fell into ruin. Canada has rebuilt a small portion of it. It is still an active archaeological site.

We departed Newfoundland on August 12, 2010, on the Atlantic Vision. This picture is of the ferry.







Here we are in line waiting for them to load the ferry.









Just look how close they park us on the ferry. I'm glad Benny does the driving!







The lighthouse at Channel-Port aux Basque, Newfoundland as we passed it out of the harbor. It was a beautiful, calm, sunny day.








Goodbye Newfoundland--it was a wonderful stay. We have so many great memories.

This area is in the southeastern part of Newfoundland. The landscape is entirely different from the rest of the island. The mountains are heath covered rock and steep cliffs with many lakes, ponds, and, of course, the ocean.







These islands are called burnt islands because of the reddish seaweed surrounding them. They are really quite unusual.








This is Rose Blanche lighthouse. It was built in 1871 from a nearby granite quarry by local workers. It was used from 1873 until the 1940's. It is the only restored granite lighthouse in Atlantic Canada.







The view from the lighthouse.






This is the little fishing village of Rose Blanche. It is typical of the fishing villages we have seen throughout Newfoundland. It was first used by migratory French fishermen and was permanently settled around 1810.

This picture was taken right in front of our motorhome. We are at an old airfield of the now closed Harmon Air Force Base. It was open from 1941 until 1966. We are killing time until we catch the ferry back to Nova Scotia. The city allows people to park here for free. We stayed four days.





Our motorhome on the runway next to the ocean.

This is Benny in the "cockpit" of our motorhome driving us down the road. He has made the transition well from airplane to motorhome, I think.








I took these pictures while we were driving. I wanted to show how beautiful it is driving in Newfoundland. All around us we see mountains, lakes, and trees.










Great scenery







A view of Deer Lake with the mountains behind.

John Cabot is said to have landed in Bonavista, located at the northern tip of the peninsula, in 1497 in his ship Matthew. This picture is a replica of his ship. He didn't stay, however, as he was charting new territory for England. Bonavista was for many generations a fishing village. My computer is acting up. This picture started at the bottom but disappeared and ended up on top.








Today was a nice day to drive the Bonavista Peninsula. It is still in eastern Newfoundland but north of St. John's. Our first stop was in the village of Elliston. We came to view the Puffins. They nest on an island a stone's throw from the main island. This little fella decided to come to our side and pose for a picture. Click on the picture to make it bigger and look at the colorful beak.



Puffin Island where they come every year to nest.








Elliston is known as the root cellar capital of the world and they do have quite a few. I just couldn't leave without taking a picture.

These pictures are of the excavation of Lord Baltimore's colony of Avalon, founded in 1621. This particular picture is of the Brewery/Bakery. Lord Baltimore and the Mrs. found the winter too cold here so then sailed and found another colony in Maryland, USA.




These remnants are of Lord Baltimore's mansion.









This is a picture of main street which went through the colony.

Cape Spear Lighthouse at Cape Spear National Historic Site. This is not too far from St. John's. This is the oldest surviving lighthouse in Newfoundland, cir. 1836. The first family occupied the lighthouse for 10 years and then generations of the Cantwell family occupied it for 150 years.





Here we are at the farthest eastern location in N. America. The sun rises here first.









View of Signal Hill from Cape Spear.

St. John's has many historic buildings. This picture is of the Newman Wine Vault. Newman port wine was stored here until the 1990's. It is the only existing historic wine vault in Newfoundland and Labrador housed in one of St. John's oldest buildings(cir.
1700's).







Colonial Building, home of Newfoundland legislature and public market house, cir. 1836.









St. Thomas Anglican Church--1836--oldest church in St. John's.








Basilica Cathedral St. John the Baptist, cir. 1841-1855. It is built of Irish and Newfoundland bluestone and granite and took 14 years to build.

This is Cabot Tower(cir.1897) on Signal Hill in St. John's. They have been signaling from this sight since 1704. The French and British fought over this location for 7 years because of it's view over the Narrows. In WWI and II there were gun batteries here. Marconi, in 1901, received the first trans-Atlantic wireless signal from the site.




The Tattoo at Signal Hill.







The Tattoo at Signal Hill.

The Narrows--ships come in and out of St. John's harbour through this narrow opening between these two land outcropings.







The city of St. John's taken from Signal Hill. St. John's is the capitol of Newfoundland located in the Avalon Peninsula on the Eastern side of the island.








The colorful houses typical of St. John's.

Twillingate is in the central part of the island, north of Gander surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean. It is a fishing village with several nice hiking trails. This is the Long Point Lighthouse, cir. 1879.





View of the rocks below the lighthouse. The full name of this point is Long Point at Cow Head.









The rugged coastline around Twillingate.








Another view of the coastline.