...But first, coffee (with Jen)

Last week was super busy, and this week promises to be just as action packed! We have a bunch of family visiting and a group of the cousins spent some quality time in Petty Harbour . The town of Petty Harbour is beautiful!  The roads are narrow, the scent of the sea is everywhere, and there are great places to eat.  We certainly love our food here on the island. We all met at Chafe's Landing for great food, toe-tapping music and much needed catching up. It was a great time!  I was the last to arrive because I was waiting for a shuttle from work to the car dealership, so that I could pick up my SUV from a service appointment.  But, that was ok, I arrived in typical family fashion - late (LOL). Next stop was Hooked for ice cream.  I went way into the dark side of bad (but delicious!) eating this evening. Ha ha!  Hooked has a menu listing of a variety of ice cream options, one being "Freak Milkshakes" (I think that's the term) - and it d...

One of the events that I love, that happen in the Summer, is the Blueberry Festival. I've been there many times, growing up with family, and later on with my husband.  This year I ventured out with THREE of my work friends - all of which never been to the Blueberry Festival before! (Pic stolen from Andy - blog linked below)  These are a great bunch of ladies - they love to get out and see the sights, they are awesome to work with, and they are fantastic lunch buddies!  In fact, Andy (second from far right) already has her blog post up about the festival and you should check it out!  Here is the link to the Blueberry Festival post:  Just Being Andie .  I'm tots slow at getting this post up. It irked me a little that I didn't have any clear pictures of The Brigus Tunnel for my last feature on Brigus - so I fixed that with this trip.  I'm sure that I had pictures but they were lost when my computer crashed and needed to be brought back to fact...

This.  This is an AMAZING site to see.  There is a poorly marked hike up the side of a mountain to get to the plane crash - but it is well worth it. Pictured here is the memorial for the lives lost when this plane crashed. Here is a link for more information.   This is the FIRST crash of stormy March day. I first found out about the Burgoynes Cove plane crash about 10 years ago. It was featured in a copy of the local newspaper (The Telegram - online article is no longer available), that was sitting on the lunchroom table. I nabbed the article for future use - because this was something that I needed to see and I knew that my hubby would be totally interested in a hike like this. The cockpit was burned into aluminum ash and is not present to view.  But, you can see where it hit further into the woods, and that area has been reclaimed by Mother Nature.  The rest of the plane - the cabin, wings, electrical panels, and wheels are all view-able and in a...

Road trip to the Trinity Train Loop. This is an abandoned family park that I had visited when I was a kid, and a few times as an adult after it closed. From my childhood I remember the train, the train tracks, the Ferris wheel, the mini golf, and the bummer boats (I was not allowed to go on the bummer boats). Trinity is about a 3 hour drive from St. John's. Now that you have a happy little image of the park, here is what it looks like now: The park took a huge hit with Hurricane Igor.  And a majority of the tracks, the parts that not have been reclaimed by nature, were washed out.  As in, I can stand under the track, put my arms in the air, and *just* reach the track above my head. The cabins, trains, petting zoo, and other buildings have all been destroyed but vandals. The copper has been pulled from the walls, and signs have been tossed into the pond.  How's that for a shot right to the childhood? The Ferris Wheel had a mean lean on it when we visite...

This is it.  The first post.  I'll start this blog with a day trip. If myself and hubby have a day off together, and it's sunny, there is a good chance that we are planning a road trip.  Today's agenda - historical Brigus for lunch at Sea Salt and Thyme (gastropub & B&B), then to New Harbour/Trinity Bay to see Hopeall Falls. This was our fourth attempt to eat at Sea Salt and Thyme ( http://www.seasaltandthyme.ca/ ).  Living a little drive away, our schedules and their hours of operation kept clashing.  And, then there was that one time that the gastropub was closed for an event (sigh). But, finally!  Here we were, ordering their infamous touton burger. The burger patty itself was homemade, the bun was a touton, and it was served with fresh veggie toppings (not included on mine - onions) and homemade taters. It was delicious and certainly held up to it's reputation :) Hopeall Falls use to be a camping (tents only from what I can see) park...