Ivy's nephew, Keith,took us around-that included Ivy and his wife Carol Ann-St. John's, very picturesque....and delightful! We headed first to famous Signal Hill,where Marconi received the first trans-Atlantic signal on December 12,1901. We stopped at Johnson GeoCentre,"Earth's Geological Showcase" which was very interesting with displays about oil and gas(HUGE oil drilling activity in Hibernia 90 miles off the coast of Newfoundland) as well as Titanic exhibit about the catastrophe 350 miles off NFLD coast. (There were at least nine warnings of icebergs, yet they still ran into one!)
We went to Cape Spear,the eastern most point, and again very SCENIC! We visited other little fishing villages such as Cape Maddox and Bay Bulls. I learned that they had voted in Newfoundland whether or not to become part of the US...it was a very close and heavily disputed vote, but obviously they stayed a part of Canada.
Off to more local touring and then to Heart's Delight tomorrow!
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