Day 33 – August 5th – St. Paul’s and Relaxin’

Day 33 – August 5^th – St. Paul’s and Relaxin’

We woke up to partly overcast sky, very light to no winds!  Nice Change.

Today was a real treat, we were invited to our neighbours (Joan and Vance) for a wonderful breakfast of Pancakes, Bacon, Coffee and Juice – Right On and Soooo Good!! Both Chateau Landmark and Chateau Titanium put their crockpots to good use for the rest of the day cooking up some pork chops and chili respectively.  Boy, the trailers sure smell good J.

Nets Hanging to Dry on Second Floor

We set off to the Broom Point Fishing Premises on the advice of Vance’s neighbour.  It is located about 15 km south of us near the village of St. Paul.  The story is about the lives of the three Mudge brothers and their families who fished at Broom Point in the summers from 1941 to 1975. They would “sail” their homemade boats every spring for 6 hours from their winter home in Rocky Harbour (which is about ½ hour away by vehicle). There are wooden buildings, hand built boats, fishing gear and a homey cabin on the site.  These items along with the shoreline recall the inshore fishery in open boats that once sustained Newfoundland's coastal communities. Excellent Parks Canada Interpreters from the local area keep the story alive. You can also explore the rocky point, the garden hidden in the tuckamore, and the cemetery in the nearby cove.  There are a number of other fishing houses dotted along the shoreline in this area that are still in use today.

Barrel Chair in Home

I can’t say enough about the Parks Canada Staff, they were extremely knowledgeable for their young age and made this visit much more interesting than story boards and self guided tours could have accomplished.

We then headed back to the trailers to check on our dinners and start getting things ready for our move to Norris Point tomorrow.  Diane and I went for a walk to the local store to pick up some unique items to take home as gifts.

Happy Hour, supper and another day in the log books.