A Sunny Signal Hill & Home

 Hullo! One final stop... we are heading back to Signal Hill because it's sunny out! And last time we went it was foggy, cold and drizzling all over us...  

Today we get a great view of St. John's!

And over there... just to the left of that headland is...

Cape Spear! We were just there the other day...

We already saw Signal Hill so I'm not going to show you everything again...

Except the view... because the view is stellar!

St. John's harbour really is an amazing place... cruise ships can come in here and dock!

We are hoping to get into the Signal Hill tower

Cause when we here last time, it was early and it was closed...

We are in luck... it is open!

Hmmm... this tower commemorates the 60th year of Queen Victoria's reign... interesting. But the inside of the building only had a gift shop. There were stairs up to the roof deck but they were closed because it was so windy and they wouldn't let anyone up there. Phooie...

Right... let's see if something else is open down at the info centre...

Like the Newfoundland Chocolate Cafe!!!

They have cute Jelly Bean houses on their chocolate wrappers...

But we went for ice cream... a massive cup of ice cream... all for me!

And... we got one more Airbnb...

Cause this little bear is pooped!

And the next day, our flight left in the early afternoon, so we had lunch at the airport...

Which was beary expensive!!!

But this little bear tired a flight of beers...

The middle one was probably my favourite... although they were all good.

And then, of course... dessert!

That's our plane! 

But only for part of the way...

Because we had a layover here... where everything was in French first!

I can now say I have been to Montreal (or at least the airport!).

Of course, we needed a snack... this cookie was beary yummy....

And then we landed in Vancouver and had another layover... ugh.

Wake me up when we are home!

We did get home around 11 pm... a beary long trip!!! Newfoundland was super cool and there was a lot more to see that we didn't have time for... next time! 

Easternmost Point in Canada at Cape Spear

 Hullo! Today we are at Cape Spear - it has the oldest surviving lighthouse in Newfoundland (built in 1836)... but there is a lot more to see here.

For one thing... there is a Gun Wrangler on site! 

See those tents up there? They are filming Sainte-Pierre - it is a police show by CBC supposedly set on the French islands of St. Pierre & Miquelon off the coast of Newfoundland. And I guess they need a gun wrangler...

Over there... one one of those heights is Signal Hill, at the mouth of the harbour...

We have perfect weather for our day here!

 

We are headed to the point here... because it is the easternmost point in Canada... but there are a lot of concerete foundations as well. Was there something else here back in the day?

Oooh... there is an underground section here... let's go down and check it out!

Oh wow...

There is a whole maze of bunkers down here, from the Second World War!

I had no idea that the army had an installation here during the war. Although it does make sense.

There's still a massive old gun here.

Cool! And these openings are quite hidden! From the ocean... I don't know if you could see them...

Ah, and here we are at the easternmost point in Canada... some would say it's the easternmost point in North America, but technically Greenland is part of the North American continent, so geographically... not quite there. And... there are some Alaskan islands that are on the eastern side of the 180th merdian soo... let's just stick with... easternmost point in Canada!

And yes... there are is a bit more land east of this point - like the rocks below this viewpoint!

Seee.... more eastern bits east of the easternmost plaque!

Oh well... let's carry on!

Oooh... another big... hmmm... gun? Cannon? Mortar? Artillery? Anyhow... these guns were on disappearing carriages... they could be raised up to fire, and then sink down so they were out of sight of the enemy. Fort Rodd on the west coast had a similar set-up...

There's more underground bunkers and stuff, but let's get up to the lighthouse!

Oh, and somewhere over there is Europe!

There's the lighthouse... and yes, there were a LOT of people here...

And lots of stairs to climb up... ugh...

But we got up here!

I guess they get a lot of tourists here because it is so close to St. John's...

 

And that's a wrap for Cape Spear... pretty cool. And it had way more than we were expecting (lighthouse and easternmost point in Canada)... One more stop and we are heading home!