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On the way into Twillingate we saw this museum.  Unfortunately it was closed but...

...but what was visible was very interesting. This is a Minke whale skeleton.

A very creative 3-D mural on the side of the building.  Maybe it will be open next time.

In another part of town another interesting mural of creative icebergs.

Twillingate's coastline has many inlets, coves and islands making it a perfect place in the spring to find icebergs and whales.

One of the more rugged coastlines in Newfoundland.

There is quite an extensive and colorful fishing fleet.  A larger village than most of the others that we have seen.

This was the view from our campground.

We were so excited to meet up with our friends from the ferr,y Ree and Harvey, at this same campground.  We had so much to share and compare that it was like meeting long lost friends even though it was now hundreds of miles away from where we first met.

We drove around town one morning and, when we were taking a picture of the fishing sheds, our new friend Melvin came over. He asked us if we would like to see his private museum. Of course we said "yes".

He showed us his collection of pens people had given him that came from all over the world.

He also had a global collection of badges his visitors had donated to his museum.

Melvin had been a fisherman, an iceberg tour guide and now was enjoying his museum.  When you think about it, it's a great idea.  He enjoys people and gets gifts from people from all over the world.  He even cleverly has a donated collection of money from hundreds of countries.  Smart guy!!

The wooden boat museum was a great treat. It encourages the building of wooden boats, in the old way. As they explained it, hand-made wooden boats can be improved every time you make one, unlike fiberglass or plastic ones that are identical from coming off the same mold.

The volunteers make fishing boats upstairs in the  museum and show the various techniques used.

Ribs are made from tree roots of the proper shape. Making a boat is quite a job!

The museum also told about fishing techniques and how equipment was made. Alan got to try his hand at making a net with Sterling, our volunteer.

It is not as hard as it looks, once you have worked at it for a few minutes. This is the type of work that would be done in the winter months.

This Masonic temple was built in 1906.

This was one of the most interesting stores, our only problem was that it wasn't open.  Now remember that this was Newfoundland; we called the number on the door and explained our need to buy something special for our friends.  The owner Joanne, came right down and let us in.

This is Joanne.  We spent about an hour together in the shop just talking and enjoying each others company.  We consider her one of our very favorite friends. You just never know.