Hermitage Walking Trail and McCallum and Gaultois Aug 7

Joanne made Johnnie Cake for breakfast this morning. I haven't had that for years.
By mid-morning we were ready for a walk and headed for the walking trail at Sandyville.
Hear we are at the starting point. We walked around the small lake on gravel paths. The gravel is useful because the ground is so boggy.
What beautiful country! There were magnificent views everywhere.
Joanne likes to investigate tiny things like plants, and creatures. She can name a lot of the wild flowers.
The weather was warm and we soon had our coats off. It was nice to see the sun for a good part of the day.


They have a crooked bush here too. They are black spruce trees which are twisted in their growth.

A branch off the main trail around the lake goes to the ocean at what they call the "back cove".
There was greenery all around as far as the eye could see.
Then we came out on the ocean and a tiny beach which the gulls usually have all to themselves.

We had walked for over 2 hours by the time we arrived back in Hermitage.

Then we made a quick decision to make another ferry journey and boarded the ferry to the outpost village of McCallum which was a 90 minuet water journey.

Here you see Hermitage from the back of the ferry as we leave the cove.

We had time to get off the ferry for 15 minuets at McCallum and could see that the town was built on a steep hill near the waters edge. The houses were connected by wood walkways and steps.
Looking down on McCallum's harbour.

On the way back we sighted many schools of dolphin. Except for one that jumped right out of the water all I saw were back fins and splashes but it was enough to make Susan and Joanne very happy.
Guidance light on seagull island.
View of an island on the way back to Hermitage.
We were only back at Hermitage for 15 minuets when we headed over to Gaultois for supper. They have a nice restaurant in the hotel with a new chef and it is quite a nice place to go. The trip over there takes less than half an hour by ferry.

Back home again we are looking at the Hermitage wharf.

Well, we have managed to make it to a lot of the local haunts and the weather held pretty good. It is obvious that Joanne is completely at home here too.

Tomorrow we head back to Gander and catch our flight home the next morning. Many thanks to Joanne and Bert for the hospitality here. It was wonderful to have their home to stay in and Joanne to get us acquainted with the area.