WanderingNotLost

Before Columbus there was Leif

Kate — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:12:45 +0000

Clayton Colbourne began fishing when he was seven years old. This was not your daddy’s fishing where you sit on a quiet lake slowly baking in the midday sun, and maybe you end up with a couple of pan … Continue reading →

Where the Vikings landed

Kate — Sun, 12 May 2013 23:16:44 +0000

It was a perfect day for a road trip: bright sun on an azure ocean reflecting a cerulean sky. A day like this is not to be taken lightly in soggy Newfoundland. Julia and I had started early from … Continue reading →

My run-in with the Mexican police

Kate — Fri, 03 May 2013 01:12:39 +0000

This week, I’m interrupting our romp through Newfoundland for a little story that was prompted by this post from a well-known travel blogger. These folks are living in Mexico, and were stopped several times by the police for what … Continue reading →

Gros Morne-gateway to Newfoundland’s Viking Trail

Kate — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:40:32 +0000

If you have a month to visit Newfoundland, you should follow the route I’ve been describing in the past few posts. You should see St. John’s and Cape St. Mary’s and rummage around on the back roads. But then, … Continue reading →

PUFFINS, you bird-lovers, and The Root Cellar Capital of the World

Kate — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:40:45 +0000

A junkyard beside the road can be as good a place as any to stop for the night. At this point, I have become adept at ferreting out secluded little spots to camp. I do this partly out of convenience–why … Continue reading →

Trinity and the Skerwink Trail

Kate — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 01:00:36 +0000

You can’t follow every road. Therein lies the crux of the traveler’s dilemma–too many roads, too many nooks and crannies. Too many tangents and digressions and detours to explore, either on a road trip or in a lifetime. So, … Continue reading →

Artist of the Outports–David Blackwood

Kate — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:39:54 +0000

Newfoundland is a place that dwarfs human life. It is surrounded by deep, black water and massive ocean icefields. It is covered with expanses of scrubby marsh and misty lumps of rocks. This landscape is brooding, barren, impassive. It … Continue reading →

St. John’s, Newfoundland–screech, jellybean houses, and Donnie Dumphy

Kate — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:11:22 +0000

St. John’s, Newfoundland, is a city that makes you happy just to be there. After all, who can be be crabby in a town that is crammed with jellybean houses? How can you sulk in a city with a … Continue reading →