Destinations

Corner Brook on the west coast of Newfoundland is home to me. But rarely when we go home do we play tourist. We always get out on the water, and did again this visit (see earlier post). But this trip back, we took advantage of the other things there are to see and do around the

An hour and a half drive outside of Corner Brook on the western coast of Newfoundland, you will see the famous Tablelands, between Trout River and Woody Point in Gros Morne National Park.  Tourists, Newfoundlanders, and especially geologists, love the Tablelands. The United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated Gros Morne a World Heritage Site in 1987

The Bay of Islands on the west coast of Newfoundland is home to me, and it is beautiful to return home. I was lucky enough to have grown up here, and have spent many a day on the bay on my Dad’s boat. Unfortunately, my Dad has passed away, but… fortunately for my children, my

Gros Morne National Park on the west coast of Newfoundland combines mountains and barrens, coastal beauty and forest land, and geological wonders. The United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated the park a World Heritage Site in 1987 for its “exceptional natural beauty”, and the demonstrations of plate tectonics are “outstanding examples representing major stages of earth’s

Captain James Cook was a great British explorer, navigator, and cartographer – original christener, not so much. He seemed to love the name the “Bay of Islands.” In 1769, he visited New Zealand, and charted the North and South Island, giving that Bay of Islands its present name… but before New Zealand, he’d been in Canada. In 1767, he was finishing up a 5 year stint in Newfoundland

Corner Brook is the unmined diamond of the west coast of Newfoundland, Canada. It’s secret beauty is understood and documented, even if not openly excavated on the world stage -much like Captain James Cook’s work here.  Captain Cook was a British navigator,explorer, and cartographer who surveyed the coast of Newfoundland in the 1760s. Cook used Corner Brook as his base. His success using precise

[tweetmeme] I toured North Wales with Idwal Jones of  www.countrylanetours.com a few months ago. Idwal gave me (along with a few travel agent friends) a private tour of his homeland, and we had a terrific time. He  picked us up in his 16-person motor coach in Manchester, and drove us to Llandudno, Wales. We stayed in the

[tweetmeme]I was recently reminded that being a tourist at home is a wonderful thing. My adopted city of Ottawa rightly boasts of its terrific canal, manicured bike paths, scenic hiking trails, and vibrant summer festival schedule; but I’m getting reacquainted with its pleasures on the food scene. (Blame it on my having two young kids…