P_25_0028 The day after meeting Jane and Bob, here we sitting around on a quick stop in Jamestown, on the Bonavista Peninsula.

We then continued northward to the town of Bonavista.

C_25_0380 This was one iceberg in Bonavista Bay.

C_25_0404 This is the lighthouse on Cape Bonavista.

Giovanni Caboto, a.k.a. John Cabot, landed here in 1497.

C_25_0384 The town of Bonavista has many of these colourfully painted houses.

C_25_0387 C_25_0388 C_25_0396 C_25_0393 C_25_0390 C_25_0402 We drove along a small side road into Dungeon Provincial Park to find this grotto.

C_25_0408 We next found our AirBnB in nearby Upper Amherst Cove.

C_25_0420 Though it was an older home, it was very comfortable, and offered a great vista of the cove.

C_25_0410 This was a colourful residence across the road from our lodgings.

And here is how our day ended.

Port au Choix, an historic site just north of Gros Morne National Park, was the last village we visited on our exploration of the Northern Peninsula.

C_25_0337 It also has a vibrant fishery, as we witnessed these ships being unloaded to have the catch trucked out.

C_25_0330 The  residents of Port au Choix have the Newfoundland sense of humour.

Rocks can serve double duty!

C_25_0343 We passed through Gros Morne National Park on a rainy day, stopping only for the odd photo.

C_25_0345 We drove off the main highway to explore more villages. This scene is in Leading Tickle.

But when you drive other than the Trans-Canada Highway, you may have issues.

C_25_0349 This was the most common sign seen along the roads of Newfoundland.

C_25_0351 This sport fisherman was in Port Leamington.

C_25_0354 Another town we drove into was Botwood, which has seen better days.

As we drove east, we turned off the main highway and north to Twillingate.

Here we were up close to a grounded iceberg.

C_25_0370 C_25_0364 C_25_0365 After an overnight here, we met up the following day with Jane and Bob at Port Blandford.

C_25_0375 We would spend one night in this cabin before continuing our trip.

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We continued on the Viking Trail up to St. Anthony, where this lighthouse was located.

We had a dinner of the requisite fish and chips at a restaurant beside this lighthouse. But best was my dessert - bake-apple cheesecake. In Newfoundland cloudberry is known as bake-apple.

From here we drove north to L'Anse-aux-Meadows, a National Historic Site and UNESCO World Heritage Site.

C_25_0251 This was the site of the first European settlement in North America. The Vikings were here for only three winters in the 12th century.

These recreated buildings also have interpreters on hand to tell tales of these early times.

C_25_0253 We'd reserved a tourist room in nearby St. Anthony Bight.

C_25_0267 These multi-coloured fish sheds were on a wharf in the St. Anthony Bight.

The next day we drove south of St. Anthony to Goose Cove, where we sighted our first iceberg.

C_25_0276 C_25_0282 So many fishing boats pulled onshore because of the disappearance of the fishery.

C_25_0281 Then it was time to return southward, retracing our route down the Viking Trail.

C_25_0300 Lobster fishing is a prime endeavour in these parts. These lobster traps were piled at Pond Cove.

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Along the road we spotted this Woodland Caribou.

C_25_0310 Taking a side road brought us to New Ferolle, where again we saw these remnants of the former fishery.

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These men were checking their lobster traps in the foggy bay.

C_25_0321 This local resident came over to talk with us. Small world - he had worked building the superstack in Copper Cliff.

C_25_0317 The remains of a root cellar in New Ferolle, on the western coast.

C_25_0318 Plants are low lying to survive the harsh environment.

Our journey will continue in the next blog.