03/07: Heat Wave
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
Change of scenery is in order so we packed up the trailer and started driving west. As we drove the amount of fog would change .... if it was 13C it was pretty foggy, if it was 14C the fog lightened up considerably. Think we found the dew point. Once we were off the Avalon Peninsula the temperature started to rise. It wasn't long before it was 25C. According to Ed's thermometer the temperature hit 30C --- but it was bad because it was windy.
Today's destination is Trinity, on the Bonavista Peninsula. From the Town of Trinity website: "Trinity has been a viable North Atlantic community for hundreds of years. Its defensible harbour, with abundant room for the ships of the day and shores well suited for outbuildings, wharves and fish-flakes, made it ideal for the early migratory fishery. Later, merchants from Poole, England, made Trinity the base for a new-world fishery."
Our first view of Trinity. Can you see the iceberg?
The Church of the Most Holy Trinity was built in 1833. In 1880 a bell tower was added. It now stands as the oldest wooden church in Newfoundland. The other three are just interesting looking buildings.
The fort and lighthouse are on a peninsula that protects the harbour.
Fun with Icebergs. It's all a matter of perspective --- same iceberg, different location, different camera lenses, different photographer. Yes, it was 30C out but the wind off the water was really cold .... maybe something to do with the overgrown ice cube floating in it.
Fort Point was fortified in 1746. In 1762 the French invaded Trinity reducing the Fort Point to ruins.
A commercial mussel farm has been set up in this cove. Usually the buoys are in straight lines but the wind moves them around.
Today's destination is Trinity, on the Bonavista Peninsula. From the Town of Trinity website: "Trinity has been a viable North Atlantic community for hundreds of years. Its defensible harbour, with abundant room for the ships of the day and shores well suited for outbuildings, wharves and fish-flakes, made it ideal for the early migratory fishery. Later, merchants from Poole, England, made Trinity the base for a new-world fishery."
Our first view of Trinity. Can you see the iceberg?
The Church of the Most Holy Trinity was built in 1833. In 1880 a bell tower was added. It now stands as the oldest wooden church in Newfoundland. The other three are just interesting looking buildings.
The fort and lighthouse are on a peninsula that protects the harbour.
Fun with Icebergs. It's all a matter of perspective --- same iceberg, different location, different camera lenses, different photographer. Yes, it was 30C out but the wind off the water was really cold .... maybe something to do with the overgrown ice cube floating in it.
Fort Point was fortified in 1746. In 1762 the French invaded Trinity reducing the Fort Point to ruins.
A commercial mussel farm has been set up in this cove. Usually the buoys are in straight lines but the wind moves them around.