Saturday, August 2, 2014

Putting the bikes back together went really well for B, and they were in good shape with no noticeable stresses from the flight! The other food place near the hotel was Tim Horton's, so we went there for lunch.  Peter and Susan picked us up at 1:00 PM and we headed out for a wonderful tour and then dinner, but first we stopped at Canadian Tire for 2 cans of bear spray (not that we were expecting bears, but maybe a moose or ferocious dog or two).  Our first stop of interest was Cape Spear, where we saw the very interesting pair of light houses, 1858 and 1955 (the light was transferred to the new concrete structure).  Additionally, at Cape Spear, and very exciting indeed, was a WALRUS.  He had just arrived at Cape Spear that day, August 2nd, having made a poor choice of iceberg to rest on, and ended up in St. John's!  We then drove up to Signal Hill and looked back towards the Cape Spear area and saw a whale breach - very exciting!  We stopped en route to look down at St. John's from a very nice vantage and saw the place where the wedding will be on August 31st.  Our last stop was Quidi Vidi (qui dividi; pronounced by the locals as "Kiddy Viddy"), which was really a nice contrast to the historic sites and very fun to see - a narrow bay with shanty buildings on stilts and a local brewery and an artists atelier, which was closed due to a wedding taking place. Before dinner, we went to Peter and Susan's place and met their dog Glasgow, then we had a really nice dinner at the Yellowbelly Brew Pub. Before bed, we did a load of washing and hung it to dry overnight - all squeaky clean for our ride start in the morning!



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