Road to Terra Nova 2007
The Battery fascinates me. I was told that one of the houses in the photos below recently sold for a million dollars. Doesn't surprise me - it's a million dollar view you're buying. These photos were taken as we were leaving the Harbour, Out Thru the Narrows.
Looking back at St. John's as we go Out Thru the Narrows. Even though it's blurry, I thought it was good to include it in the tour. Below you see how dark it got out there on the water. Cabot Tower is a very small light on the hill. And the waves in the next photo were the only way you could tell the cliffs were close by. It's hard to imagine boats out here in the old days not running up against the cliffs. Being out in a boat at night is a humbling experience, as everything looks different.
The Captain got us back safe and sound and we wound our way back to Erin's to eat, drink and be merry.
Liz was there and Mike Hanrahan was playing. All good. We figured out what pizza to order - having to work around one who wanted no vegetables, one who wanted no meat and one who didn't do anchovies. The Hawaiian Pizza won out and we ordered from Venice who would deliver to Erin's.  OMG! I think we were the envy of everyone there! It was delicious and there wasn't one shred of evidence left when I left Erin's at 12:30 to take Candace home. When I arrived back at Jim's he was rip roarin' to go out and I ended up BACK at Erin's till 3:30 AM. Par for the course.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

I awoke at 9 AM to my voice on the Ham Radio once again. It's nice that Vic and I, as well as Jim and Lillian, are Ham Radio operators because you really can keep in touch all around the world without having to rely on long-distance phone charges. I had a very pleasant chat with Vic and promptly went back to bed. LOL!

When I got up around 10:30, I really didn't feel like going anywhere, so I stuck around, read a little, edited some photos, chatted with Jim, listened to a baseball game with him, and finally stepped out of the house in the late afternoon/early evening. What a shocker! Sunny and fairly clear at Jim's, downtown was another story. I couldn't see Cabot tower at all, nor any shred of Signa Hill! Jim says that often happens - when downtown has miserable weather, the west side of town, past the overpass, is nice and sunny. I hopped in the car and drove over to Southside Rd. to get some fog photos. I love St. John's no matter what the weather - rain, snow, sleet or fog. What I saw from the small boat fishery dock just cemented what Jim stated. The eastside of St. John's was completely shrouded in fog and the other half was absolutely fine! I took this photo of the sun trying to shine thru.
A foggy day in St. John's town