This morning we woke and headed out to our whale watching tour at Gatherall's. Same company Mike and I went out with 20 years ago and they are still telling the same old jokes. It's a great company to head out with and we really enjoyed the tour. We overheard the crew talking on the radio with another boat, saying that this was the most whales they had ever seen at once so it was a good day to be out. Freezing cold in the wind but a blast just the same.
Mike has all the really good pictures from whale-watching since he had the good SLR camera. I won't waste my data on trying to upload all kinds of garbage ones so I'm afraid you get to wait for the better pics.
From whale-watching we toured up to Cape Spear, the most easterly point in Canada. The kids did another Jr. Xplorer tag and we learned loads about lighthouses. Mike and the kids climbed down the big rocks, right down by the crashing ocean, giving me about 30 new grey hairs. It looked thrilling but someone had to survive to be able to tell the tale. Right as we were all leaving a CDA Parks guy went walking out with a bullhorn. We figure he was heading down to yell at all the people down on the rocks so it's probably good we were leaving.... I feel a bit of a theme between many of our day-trips here.
From Cape Spear (where the wind was warmer but still whipped around real good b'y) we grabbed some Timmy's to warm our bellies and then headed to the Geo Centre in St. John's. Our Ontario Science Center membership got us in free so we toured around and learned about rocks and Hibernia and the formation of the current-day earth crust. Neat place. Small and quiet right before closing but a nice way to end the day.
This trip we have all learned the meaning of "Hangry".... Today is no exception. Many times on this trip, regardless of how many snacks and drinks we bring with us, we have all ended up over extending ourselves and returned to the trailer on bare threads of patience. Generally, after a few bites of home-cooked food, we are all bouncing and ready to go again. Tonight was no exception. We bbq'd some steaks and leftover lobster to make fabulous fajitas. Showers and a little down time help us to finish the night.
Oh, I do need to tell a quick story about scarring the pee out of Matthew. He was feeling the Hanger while we cooked and we found the fire-crackers in the cupboard. Without warning the kids, Mike set on off in the parking lot, behind Matthew. The poor boy didn't know whether to poop or make tea. He had the broom in his hands when the cracker went off and, with eyes as big as saucers, he ducked, crouching and tried to run away all at the same time. It was pretty stinking funny to be honest. Totally broke the bad mood and made us all laugh real hard. Ah, good times.
We tried three different kinds of crackers and kinda got caught by a passer-by on the last one (it actually fired in the air and popped). By the time the park's security truck came around to peek we were all busy doing other stuff. After dinner Matthew was allowed to pick one last cracker to light and, now that dishes are done, showers are finished and kids are in PJs, that last cracker is about to go off. Sweet dreams All! Fingers crossed that we still get to sleep in the overflow tonight lol
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