Newfoundland
My wife and I spent five and a half weeks touring the island of Newfoundland with our little dog Juni during the summer of 2019. This was one of our favorite road trips and we look forward to returning again someday.
My wife and I spent five and a half weeks touring the island of Newfoundland with our little dog Juni during the summer of 2019. This was one of our favorite road trips and we look forward to returning again someday.
So much of the life of the Newfoundlander has to do with their boats. Many spend countless hours of their lives fishing the local waters during all types of weather. As you travel the island you will find many small and large harbours with various size boats. Some with small boats that ride on the stern of a larger boat. Each with their own task that support the watermen's needs. I'm so attracted to these scenes and I spent much of my time trying to capture them with the feeling they deserve.
When laying out this "Newfoundland" page, I decided to save the best for last. In planning our trip we wanted to make sure that we got to see the Puffins. We had been in the Maritimes of Canada two other times but those trips were after these comical little birds had headed back out to sea for the winter. In my research I found information on Bird Island in Elliston. This is a place where, if you are quite, they will come and hang around you. The day we were there we had about 30-40 of these birds within 20 feet of where we were sitting. I took well over a thousand photographs. Here are my favorites.