St. Anthony, Newfoundland

You may be noticing that we are circling back. The cruise was New England, Canada, Greenland, Iceland circumnavigation, Greenland now back to Canada and back to New England. We have been seeing the Aurora Borealis, Northern Lights, every night! Not spectacular yet as it is early in their season and we are a bit too far South but every night between one and three am, people are out on deck really hoping to witness the phenomenon! Can’t wait to share my photo with you! 

I have been to St. Anthony before and at that time we did a tour. Found out a lot about the medical and social hero, Dr. Grenville.  On that previous tour we also went out to the famous lighthouse. The squat building is on Fox Point and makes for a lovely hike. Starting at the floating dock and walking up hill and down you come to the far shore. From there it is a level seaside walk which was great on this unusually warm day.

I chatted with a lovely lady, Michelle Patey, who keeps a beautiful garden at her home. The house itself was painted a deep navy with white trim. It was one level and L shaped. The garage was detached which, since she told me that starting in November the snow may be “treetop high”, seems impractical, even though the tree she indicated was not tall. She has her own greenhouse but still can’t keep it controlled enough to have fresh flowers in the winter. Just a nice lady taking advantage of the opportunity to talk to strangers whom she probably see only in the summer during cruise season!

 We stopped in the grocery store and were surprised that prices were not crazy considering that it is distant from the rest of the world but not isolated. Four very pretty bell peppers were 7.36 CAN and a chocolate bar was on sale for 1.25 CAN

 I chatted with Katie for awhile since this is Canada and should be included in my phone plan. So nice to hear her relaxed Sunday afternoon voice. She was working on her podcast for next weekend. It focus is true crime. Morality vs.Law. 

 We walked around town some more then stopped in the new information center briefly before returning to the ship. Still am unable to add photos for you so need another new system. Fell free to email me advise for when I get home. Enjoy!