Let's Just Go Somewhere: Twilliingate

We headed out for our day trip to Twillingate around 9 am, Tuesday morning, because we figured we would be gone most of the day. Unlike some of our other day trip drives in Newfoundland, this ride was not as scenic until we reached our destination: Twillingate.

Twillingate is still a fishing community like most of the coastal towns in Newfoundland;

but it has also become more of a tourist destination with whale and iceburg tours on boats like the one in the picture below.

There were no icebergs in Twillingate when we were there so we were very glad we had taken the Whales and Iceberg tour while we were in St. Anthony.

We drove out to the point at Twillingate where there were a lot of scenic overlooks…

and hiking trails.

Chuck spotted some boats fishing off the point below.

Can you spot them below?

Here they are.

The waves would come crashing in around the rocks on the point.

Scene from Titanic? (Not quite.)

Scene from Chuck and Melissa’s Newfoundland tour. (Much better.)

We walked out towards another overlook to the west …

that looked out toward Crows Head.

This clip gives you a better perspective of the western side of Twillingate.

There were a lot of birds on the island behind us in the picture.

From this overlook, we also saw this RV boondocking.

What a view they had.

We walked back past the first overlook at the point and then behind the lighthouse to the east when Chuck gets a phone call from his uncle, Donald.

I told Chuck to not forget where he was while talking to his uncle and walk off the edge of the cliff.

Driving while talking on your cell phone is illegal in Newfoundland. Maybe they should make walking on tall cliffs while talking on your cell phone illegal too.

This is the cliff in front of (and under) the lighthouse.

The cliff goes straight down right past the grass you see in the picture. I wish I could show this in 3D to give you a better idea.

The lighthouse at Twillingate behind us.

The video clip below gives you an idea of the power of the waves and the beauty surrounding Twillingate.

We left the point at Twillingate and headed back into town looking for a place to eat lunch. How about some cod, salmon, tongues or cheeks?

A couple of the restaurants we drove by were very crowded for lunch so we ended up driving back to a restaurant at the Anchor Hotel that was not as crowded. We split a tasty spinach and crab dip and fish (cod) and chips.

After lunch we drove a few miles to Durrell, another coastal town to the east of Twillingate.