The places we will see

Our first adventure to Newfoundland starts in just a few days.  Today I went through all my clothing that I am packing (have to be prepared for everything).  Decisions have been made and I will try not to change my mind! Everything is organized into packing "cubes".

So this afternoon I was just reviewing our itinerary.  We are going to cover a lot of ground!!  We fly from here to Toronto, then change planes and fly into Deer Lake.  I wondered why we didn't fly right into Corner Brook...well it turns out they don't have an airport!  Who would have thought that!  

Some of the places are:

• Deer Lake
• Corner Brook
• Gros Morne National Park
• National Historic Park at Port au Choix
• St. Anthony
• UNESCO World Heritage site at L'Anse aux Meadows
• Travel across the Straits of Belle Isle to the shores of Labrador (another first, never been there either!)
• L'Anse Amour (tallest lighthouse in the province)
• The Arches (along the rugged coastline)
• Boat tour across Bonne Bay to Woody Point where we see some different things in Gros Morne National Park
• Grand Falls-Windsor to the Exploits River, then to Lewisporte and then Gander (sounds like a busy day!)
• Twillingate Island, one of Newfoundland's oldest and most interesting fishing  communities, then to Terra Nova National Park to see the vistas of Newman Sound
• Trinity, Cape Bonavista
• Avalon Peninsula and another boat trip, this time to Witless Bay Ecological Reserve to see puffins and whales.  Then to Cape Spear National Historic Park
• St. John's (oldest city in North America)

This looks like an action-packed trip.  Must now work on getting all my camera stuff together.  Taking lots of extra batteries and memory cards.  

My plan is to blog regularly and post photos as I go along.  Having a laptop (rather than the I-Pad) will allow me to download and edit photos before posting.

Oh, and I should learn some of the Newfie terminology!  :-)