We headed off in the morning to the Skerwink Trail which runs off East Trinity - about a 5 km loop. What an amazing trail - probably the nicest trail we’ve ever been on. Every time you look out at the cape, there’s another beautiful view. And, Gerard and John got to see WHALES! Not as close up as Judy and I had seen, but whales nevertheless.
This is a map of the trail.
And here is the gang starting down the path.
The views are just amazing and it was such a calm morning on Trinity Bay. Here are a few shots.
Ahoy mateys!
Not a very clear shot, but this is of the lighthouse on Fort Point we were at, as well as the town of Trinity in the background.
And I’m always looking for whales.
We thoroughly enjoyed the hike and it took us about 3 hours to do it because of the stopping and staring, and checking out the sea every time someone said, “there’s a whale!”, no it’s just a boat, no it’s just rocks, no it’s just a bird. But in fairness, we did see whales from up there.
Our next order of business for the day was to go up to Cape Bonavista. Of course, there’s a lighthouse there.
And we saw an iceberg way out floating by. My camera focused on the landscape, not the iceberg. My bad.
And this dude was there, taking a look, and saying BONA VISTA!
Yes, the dude who started it all in Canada...John Cabot.
After we left the cape, we headed down to Elliston on Trinity Bay. We heard you could see puffins there, and since we didn’t bother to do the Witless Bay tour south of St. John’s, we wanted to see if there were some puffins here.
This comfy? chair was on our way out to the “puffin grounds”.
And again, such beautiful views. Lots of other birds here too.
And here are a couple of shots of puffins! Most of them were out on the sea fishing, I guess. You could see flocks of them just sitting on the water. But a few came to greet us. We were on one rock, the puffins were on another, and the sea in between. I used my telephoto lens to get some up close.
Funny looking birds, for sure.
These were there sitting on the edge of the rock. Probably protecting a nest.
And the landscape around here is no exception in the beauty department.
On the way back, we stopped at a gas station. Beer necessities indeed.
This is probably one of the most beautiful areas of Newfoundland, if you like seascapes, whales and puffins.
Off to points west.
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