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At the top of the Northern Peninsula is the Town of St. Anthony.  At the tip of St. Anthony is this lighthouse which looks out at what is called "Iceberg Alley".

This is our new friend Chris.  He and his wife put all of their savings into this great restaurant called Lightkeepers Sefood.  It is located right by Iceberg Alley.  We thought he reminded us of our friend, neighbor, chef and former restaurant owner, Tim Klepeis. What do you think?

This is a sample of his interesting menu.  Not only were there Moose Spring Rolls but Moose sliders too!!

Right across the street from the restaurant was a gift shop.  The owner noticed some dolphins out the window.  As we were watching we were told that there were no whales this late in the season.  Well.....this is what we saw just minutes later.

Two whales were coming right by the cliffs we were on. They got so close that we could hear them breathing.

We watched them and saw them surface and dive several times.

They then swam to the cove on the other side of the lighthouse and jumped straight out of the water followed by a third one who also jumped.  Alan was following them with the camera but all he could get was the after-jump Big Splash.  They were three Humpback whales and the sight was amazing!!!

Every so often we would see them breathe but they didn't jump again. It was such a special treat to see these whales for so long and so close!

The lady in the gift shop told us that two years ago they had a huge ice slab.  It extended from one side of the cove to the other.  It  had everything on it, waterfalls, seals, and an array of birds.  It must have been a sight to behold!!

We visited the Wilfred Grenfell museum.  He was a doctor who came to help the fishermen along the Labrador and Newfoundland northern shores and their families in the early 1900s.  He was one person who really made a difference.  Starting when he was about 26, he was a doctor, minister, helped start the hospital, orphanage, and the co-op stores.  His faith and his doctoring by boat brought all in the area up to a higher level of living. He created a health-care system that was eventually incorporated into the overall region's system.

This is a PBY aircraft modified for scooping water for fire fighting.  Made by Consolidated in San Diego.  It was on display as a memorial to all flyers who were members of the Fire Fighting Service.

On our way down the peninsula we noticed some interesting buildings. We think this boat was a front yard ornament which doubled as a clothes line.

Here is another building painted in the Jellybean colors.

We even stayed at a Jellybean campground.  The colors were so clean and bright.  Definitely a cheerful place to stay.

This Noah's Ark replica was a produce store.

We returned to the Gros Morne Visitors center and Emily, our favorite park ranger.

We decided to stop at the local and only grocery store for supplies.  The parking lot was mud and the front wasn't very inviting but it did say it had a bakery.

Out in the store we didn't see what we wanted so they said to go into the back.  There we met Tracy the baker.  She makes everything from scratch and we found what we wanted.  The aroma was heavenly.

We thought these old scales, that she still used, were a classic.  It goes to show that you never can tell what you will find in one of these stores.

This was taken by one of our favorite campgrounds in the village of Cow Head.  The camp site had only eight spots and opened on a small bay.  Cow Head is also famous in this are for its Gros Morne Theater.  We went to a performance and were very impressed by all that we saw.

One of the reasons we liked Cow Head so much is that this is the sunset from our campsite.

 

Another sunset shot, with geese.

The next morning, again from our campsite, was a glorious sunrise!

This was a young family we met at Cow Head.  No, your eyes are not tricking you, they have TWO sets of Twins!! They are from Banff and are on a year-long tour including the US east coast, Columbia in South America, and parts of the western US. Very nice family and very nice kids!