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| Time to get up. There's lots to do today! |
Harvesting capelin is an annual event in Twillingate. We were lucky to have timed our visit with the spawing season of the capelin. They are small fish similar to smelt, and apparently are a favourite of whales. We were hoping that some whales would be chasing them into the area, but didn't see any. However, the local people were coming down to the beach with their nets and catching bucketfuls of the little fish. Apparently you can fry them up as a nice white fish, or you can dry them and store them with salt for later.
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| This was a much calmer day. So we took the time to hike around the many trails up at Long Point. What a beautiful area and view. |
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| These wild irises grow in sheltered areas that are damp, but near the oceanfront. |
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| View from the clifftop. No fences. Definitely not a toddler walk. |
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| Three happy hikers. |
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| The Iceberg man. Sorry, no icebergs this year. Global warming? |
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| Our tour boat. |
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| Skipping stones. Daughter2 learned how on this very day. |
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| Why spend money on entertainment? Let them throw rocks. |
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| Taken at Sleepy Cove on a nicer day. |
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| Heading down the slope to Sleepy Cove. |
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| Harvesting capelin. You can see how after they spawn, they die and are washed ashore. Seagull feast. People in Newfoundland used to put them in their garden as fertilizer, and many probably still do. |
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| Crashing waves from the North Atlantic. Even on a "calm" day the sea has big rolling waves. |
