Twillingate Day 2

July 8, 2017  Saturday

Woke up to clouds.  Not as cold as it’s been which helped me get out of bed.  Started raining early in the day.  After breakfast and taking care of some business Jim and I headed out to see what we can see.  It is an indoor day so we went to the Twillingham Museum first.  It is in an old house which was previously the Anglican Church Rectory.  It was furnished with turn of the century furnishings and had many displays and exhibits about Twillingham.

One room was completely about opera singer, Georgina Stirling.  She was born in Twillingate and was famous in Paris and Milan.  After her career she returned to Twillingate where she is buried.

We went on further down the road to the Iceberg Interpretive Center.  Turns out it is mostly a gift shop with photos of icebergs and such.  You can also book a boat tour there.  Today is not the day to be on the water.

From there we went to Durrell Museum which has military relics as well as early settler tools and household goods.  The most interesting exhibit is a polar bear (stuffed of course).  That bear was killed in March 2000 after hitching a ride on an iceflow and ended up walking into town.  Another polar bear was found two days later.  That one was tranquilized and transported to a safer location.

Time for lunch.  On our way to Durrell we passed the Auk Winery so we decided that was a good place to eat.  Restaurant, gift shop and winery all in one.  We had lunch and then took a tour and tasting at the winery.  We tried about 8 different wines.  All the wines are made with local berries, blueberries, partridgeberry, crowberry, raspberries, strawberries.  They were all very nice.  They don’t ship to the US and we are limited to how much we can bring back with us so we passed on any purchases.  We did buy some souvenirs to take back home.  We also say that same car with the Texas plates as we left the parking lot.

Since we were cold and wet we came back to the motorhome.  On our way back we followed a very large fifth-wheel.  They were going very slow and finally stopped.  I knew they were unsure of where to turn as my own GPS guided me to a narrow drive when I mapped the campground.  I got out of the car in the rain and ran up to tell them to just drive on a bit and they would see the entrance to the campground.  They were very appreciative.  I wanted to help because I know what it’s like to be “lost” or unsure.

Spent the evening at the motorhome working on this blog and trying to make calls using wi-fi calling.  The rain went away in early evening and we had some beautiful sun…for a little while.  I was working on the computer when Jim asked about the fog rolling in….big change real fast.