On Sunday, April 11, 2009 in company with our good friends from St. John's, Fraser and Joan Clark, we went for a randy. A "randy" is a commonly used Newfoundland term for going to no fixed destination. In this case we headed West on the TCH and turned off to Lewisporte, which is about a 35 minute drive from Gander. At Lewisporte we had lunch at the Country Garden Restaurant. After lunch we proceeded to Twillingate, after a side trip to Birchy Bay, where were had a summer home a few years ago. The community has really grown since our time there, with a number of new modern homes being built. On to Twillingate, where it was very foggy and light drizzle. Not good conditions for picture taking, but I did manage to get a few pictures. Below is a picture taken of the seashore with some interesting rock outcrops and drift packed ice. Click on the picture(s) to enlarge
Below is a picture of my friend, Fraser Clark
Another view of the landscape.
In the early years of Newfoundland, the common dwelling found in Newfoundland outports was the "Saltbox" type house. Most have now fallen to ruin, but the one below is being care for and appears to be getting a face lift. Too bad a trailer is parked in front, but maybe after it is renewed, I can get a better picture.
of the old Newfoundland Railway train, dubbed the "Newfie Bullet", because of the narrow gage track that it ran on, meant that the train had to travel at slower speeds than the standard gage track. In the background is the residence of the "Human Wind Gage", Lockie McDougal, who lived at "Wreckhouse" which was known for winds high enough to blow trains of the track. McDougal advised the Railway when it was too windy to pass through the Wreckhouse area. Also in the background are the beautiful Table Mountains, which of course helped to generate the high winds. This mural can be found on the Railway exhibit building in Port Aux Basques. 
On returning from our tour with Don to Salvage, Sid and Judy put on the best seafood spread that you could ever wish to have. The main could was fresh lobsters right out of the pot. Here Judy in bring a tray of the beautiful creatures to the table, her smile tells all. Sid is in the background preparing more lobsters for the table. What a feed. Thanks Sid and Judy for being such great hosts.
Yesterday, Saturday May 17, 2008, we had the pleasure of having Don and Mildred visit Eastport and spend the night at Clayt's cottage. In the afternoon Clayt took Don on a tour of the beautiful communities within a short drive from Eastport. Sid and Gerry tagged along as well and at Salvage, we took some nice pictures. This one shows an iceberg off in the distance.
Another view of the bay with the iceberg in the background 
A telephoto shot of the iceberg
Gerry, Don and Clayt posing for a nice picture with the iceberg captured in the background.
On inspecting a bad spot in the ranchwall on the southside of the Cabin in Millville, I found that sveral places contained progressing rot. On removing some to the ranchwall, found that felt had been used over the studs, and no rot, which was a major relief, as it is a big job to replace studs. Clayt and I then set about to install new 3/8 plywood, as ranchwall of the type used on the cabin when it was built, is no longer available. We chaulked the seems and did a really good job of installing the new siding.
Clayt looks to be happy with job. Later that day he painted it and made it look like a professional job
