South Brook, Newfoundland

July 9, 2017  Sunday

I think it will be a great day in Twillingate but we have to leave.  Before packing up I saw one of the ladies I met when we checked in.  Her friend has a brother in Mandeville and I wanted to know his name.  His name is Nicholas Gentile and he has a son and daughter who went to Mandeville High.  Nick Gentile is the son and he should have graduated with Zach.  I’ll need to check on that when I can.  These two ladies have been traveling full time since 2009.  The lady I met is from Virginia and her friend, Barbara, is from Mandeville.  Small world.

We had a good trip all the way to South Brook.  We have reservations for one night at Kona Beach RV Park.  It sits beside a lake and is full of birch trees.  It’s a big park and looks to be close to full of people.  Our site is a pull-through nestled in those trees.  Very pretty.  We are staying only one night.  Since it was early Jim and I drove to Springdale.  There is a whale museum there with the largest complete skeleton of a humpback whale.  The dead whale was discovered by a fisherman and brought to Springdale.  It took years to clean the bones and build the building and open the museum.  It was great to see and hear all about the process. 

We stopped in at By the Sea Hotel and Restaurant for dinner.  Our table looked out over the Halls Bay.


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