Greetings from Glovertown Newfoundland

We flew to Newfoundland yesterday (Sunday) and did the long drive (3 hrs) to our Bnb in Glovertown, it was worth the drive!

We're here for a few days, then on to Bonavista and then St John's, gradually travelling east until we fall into the ocean.

We had a lovely couple of weeks in Nova Scotia visiting friends and family.

We stayed with Chris for a few days in New Germany (about as far from the ocean as you can get in Nova Scotia), I helped with a roofing project while Sonya did some landscaping around the house.

We went on a few hikes, if you squint you can see Chris and Sonya saving in the distance.

Unfortunately Chris tested for Covid so we moved on to Sonya's sister's place in Antigonish, this is our first day there notice any theme?

We went on a crazy hike at Cape George Point, we found a bench that was setup with an excellent view of a tree ...

... and then a beautiful vista with NO bench ...

... so we sat on the ground and enjoyed the vista and ate our lunch.  Upon our return from the hike we discovered that NS is having its worst year ever for ticks, and we picked about 25 or 30 off each other in the parking lot, before we got back in our car.  (I also got a tick bite on one of our hikes with Chris.)

We babysat for Larissa's dog for a few days, here he is copiloting a drive to the beach ...

..., explored the area with Larissa ...

... and we took the kayaks out for a spin ...

One day we drove down to the docks and Larissa haggled with the fishermen to buy a few lobster, which we cooked up a nice dinner:

We returned to Chris's place, now Covid-free, for a final visit before we flew on to Newfoundland.  Chris let me ride he new mower ...

Turns out he'd just re-wired the engine and needed a test pilot to make sure the engine wasn't going to blow up!

We explored Halifax for a couple of days before we flew on - a couple of nice relaxing days in the North End, which we haven't visited before - but no pics sadly.

There is a lot of rain forecast in the next few days but we're going to try to get out on a few hikes and explore the local park - Tera Nova National Park - before we head east to Bonavista.