Newfoundland is a large rock island with roughly 500,000 inhabitants, 51% of which live on the Avalon Peninsula located at […]
Archive for July 2013
Mentioning the unmentionables
The foundation of any good outfit, functional or fashionable, is a good pair of undies. And in the adventure travel […]
Some Newfoundlander things for me to enjoy
It’s funny, I haven’t even had the pleasure of seeing any more of Newfoundland than what I peeked at out […]
An American saved by a Newfoundlander…..as is their tradition
Newfoundland and Labrador are one province in Canada but in many ways they are different regions altogether. Until the mid-20th […]
The biker sisterhood/brotherhood
I have a friend whose husband was an active member in a “brotherhood” of bikers a few years back and […]
Lily of the Isle
I wake up the morning after surgery in a haze of meds and exhaustion. I remember coming to this room […]
Not my favorite day
I get up early and am hoping I have time for a shower, but I don’t. It’s going to be […]
On the Trans Labrador
We take off early in the morning and are pleased to hear the road to Goose Bay is open. The […]
Big dogs
Labrador City is an outpost, more function than fashion for sure. There are 4-wheel drive pickups and mudflaps with curvy […]
Red sun, smoke, ghost town, crosswinds, flies, gravel, mines and fires
I know the name makes it sounds like the 7 plagues (make that 8), but really it’s more interesting than […]