Aug 16th to 17th - Gander

Aug 16th - Sat - to Gander
Lovely day for a drive. We stopped at the Mary March Museum in Grand Falls as Terry was interested in seeing where the name originated. Mary March was actually a Beothuck Indian and was given the name when she was captured by Europeans in the month of March. The Beothuck are now extinct with the last known woman dying of TB in 1829. The museum also had a traveling display about the town of Tilting with some stories/quotes from residents that were fun to read.
We arrived first at our agreed upon campground to find that they were full. We had driven past a campground closer to town so we returned and got 2 sites. Luckily, I had Judy’s cell phone number so we were able to tell them the new plans. We all went to a nearby grocery store and Canadian Tire before having some appies & a drink. We each fixed dinner and then we took our plates over to eat together. Sat around for a bit with the propane “campfire” and then caught some Olympic coverage.

Aug 17th - Sun - Gander
Rain started about 3:30 last night and it was still raining a bit this morning. Terry H. drove today to go to Twillingate which is at the end of a “finger” of land and a string of 4 islands joined by causeways. On the way there, we stopped at the Beothuck Heritage Centre in Boyd’s Cove. The remains of a Beothuck settlement was discovered here in 1982 and partially excavated. There is a very nice building with information panels, artifacts and a film. A walking trail leads to the site of the settlement which is only depressions showing building sites and it was still raining so we did not go on the walk.
Twillingate is a very pretty town but the rain continued so a stop at a view point did not yield good pictures. We did see some whales fairly close in and did buy some fudge at a gift shop so the stop was not all a waste of time!
We stopped for lunch at a restaurant in Twillingate that had a lot of cars parked in front and we had a good lunch. We tried a sample of a traditional dish called “Fisherman’s Brewis”. It is hard bread that has been soaked & broken up and then mixed with cod and “pork fat”. The pork fat has been cooked until crisp and then softened & chopped. It is an interesting combination but I would not like an entire meal of the dish.
We took a different route back but the rain continued so we did not stop anywhere.
Terry & Judy came over for a bit while we made some campground reservations and then we each did our own thing for the evening.