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I enjoyed a lovely lap on the North Head Trail today-it had been too long!I enjoyed both attending and photographing a women’s chain saw workshop yesterday. It was sponsored by the Becoming an Outdoors Woman program. I brought a camera along and it was a challenging activity to capture as I had to avoid getting hit by falling trees, getting oily sawdust on my lens, and trying to capture faces in the midst of folks wearing fairly intensive PPE. I wanted to capture a mini story for each participant about their experience of using a chainsaw. Here’s one of the attendees in action.Proud of HKR 2545/3220 student performance yesterday. 3 degrees, wind to 60 km/h, & rain. We were out practicing their outdoor living & leadership skills & from the smiles-rocking it! Warm, dry, & comfortable in foul weather-that's adventurous learning at its finest! @memorialuniversity @memorialustudentsWe were driving home from teaching outside, looking forward to a hot dinner, and looked over at Long Pond. It was like glass and we both said, “Let’s go paddling.” The pond was three feet higher than yesterday and we shared its glassy surface with muskrats, ducks, and ducklings. A truly peaceful end to a lovely albeit cold and rainy day out. The sun may have even peaked out for a minute or two.When a big view makes you feel small on the outside and big on the inside.The barachois in Freshwater Bay always captures my attention (and provides an invite to pause and look) while on a hike on the @eastcoasttrail #hikenlTA’s Facebook Page
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Twillingate…Totally Awesome Adventures
I’ve been coming to Twillingate for some time now. Each time, I’ve found adventures around every corner, on land and sea, in town, on trails and beyond. I’ve just had the privilege of being here for my longest visit ever … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, Travel, Twillingate, Unscripted Digital Media Arts Festival
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Rooting for Adventure in Twillingate
Sometimes it’s best to tell a story from end to beginning. So here is our intrepid group at the end of our experience of seeing where an unscripted walk, searching for root cellars, would take us. We are holding root … Continue reading
Posted in Newfoundland
Tagged 2015, root cellars, Twillingate, Unscripted Digital Media Arts Festival
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Buns on the Beach
This morning we left on an adventure. With red bags filled with baking gear, we headed off toward the trailhead. We took a left at the sign and headed over to French Beach. We stopped and nibbled on a few … Continue reading
Foraging for Adventure with Adventurous Foragers
A gorgeous day greeted us as we headed out on our “Foraging for Adventure” workshop at the Unscripted Twillingate Digital Media Arts Festival. Starting with Newfoundland’s iconic berry, we began our day looking at blueberries in lots of new ways…the … Continue reading
Posted in Newfoundland
Tagged 2015, Digital MEdia, Twillingate, Unscripted Digital Media Arts Festival, Unscripted Festival
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Audio Post from the Top of Twillingate
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Tagged 2015, Twillingate, Unscripted Digital Media Arts Festival
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Visual Soliloquy #1099 The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall…
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. ― Nelson Mandela
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, Newfoundland, photography, Quotes, Travel, Twillingate
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Trails of Twillingate: Bashing About Back Harbour
After our fine morning, we walked directly out from the Anchor Inn and Suites to try out finding the trail that leaves from behind the Twillingate Museum that heads to Back Harbour. All was well as we headed down the … Continue reading
A Prime Time at Prime Berth
Driving to and fro to Twillingate, you pass by Prime Berth Twillingate Fishery & Heritage Centre. They are hard to miss as there is a whale skeleton beside their fishing stage just as you cross the causeway onto Twillingate Island. … Continue reading
Trails of Twillingate: All Around the Lighthouse
I wanted to title this post: TA’s Triple A (being that I am so fond of acronyms). It would have stood for TA’s Twillingate Awesome Autumn Adventure! Marian and I put two Twillingate trails together today to have a fine … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, All Around the Lighthouse, hike, Twillingate, Twillingate Trails
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Rooting Around Twillingate
One of the more unique activities you can do in Twillingate is searching for root cellars. Thus far, 232 root cellars have been found and recorded; many are easily spotted from roads and others can be found in further-flung locations. … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #752 You have to do what you can, do your best with what you are. And you have to believe in wilderness…
You have to do what you can, do your best with what you are. And you have to believe in wilderness. If you do that you can’t go wrong. – Kirk Albert Walter Wipper
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Tagged 2013, Anchor Inn and Suites, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel, Twillingate
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Canoeing Twillingate…
Marian and I hemmed and hawed about whether or not we’d bring our sea kayaks to Twillingate this time. In the end, we decided to bring our canoe…a 16 foot Esquif Prospecteur…because we’re doing a canoe trip on the Main … Continue reading
Ice…We’ve spotted some icebergs
No matter how many times, I’ve seen an iceberg, there is always excitement in seeing another…we’re off to see if we can get a closer look or find a pond to canoe in, whichever comes first.
A Geocaching We Will Go…More Adventures to be had in Twillingate
Our afternoon’s intrepid adventure started out from the Anchor Inn and Suites. We set out, smart phones/GPS in hands, ready to treasure hunt/geocache in both the urban and wilds of Twillingate. Bright colours and bright smiles adorned us as we … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, Anchor Inn and Suites, geocache, Georgie's, Georgina Stirling, Twillingate
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Looking for Root Cellars in Tgate
A great pre dinner walk checking out some root cellars in Twillingate. They have many of the geo-tagged but we found this one on our own and had a lovely coastal bushwhacked back to the Anchor Inn to boot! Another … Continue reading
Another Time in Twillingate
Marian and I had another “time” in Twillingate. The Dictionary of Newfoundland English defines a time as a party or celebration, a spree, a communal gathering…and what a time we had. Twillingate is the perfect Newfoundland destination as it has … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, climb, hiking, Long Point Lighthouse, Nature, train, Travel, Twillingate, Wild Cove
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Twillingate: Adventures of the Edible Kind
We started our day with the delicious Sunday brunch at the Anchor Inn. Chef Edward and his staff provided a wonderful assortment of dishes from which to choose and I made several trips up to fill my plate. My favourite … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, Anchor Inn, mushrooms, partridge berries, squash berries, Twillingate
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A Time in Twillingate
Twillingate is a great choice for a long weekend get-a-way. Trading the city for an idyllic island is an invitation for all kinds of adventure. Leaving after work on Friday, the 4.5 hour drive zoomed by and we were welcomed … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Newfoundland, Sea Kayak
Tagged 2011, Anchor Inn, hike, Newfoundland and Labrador, sea kayak, Twillingate
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Visual Soliloquy #163 You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment…
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. – Henry David Thoreau
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Tagged 2011, Above the Tickle, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel, Twillingate
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A Study of White and Blue
Howdy, I was signing some paperwork this morning and realized that today is a fine “odometer moment” in that it’s 8-9-10. It’s not everyday that has such fine numeric sequencing and we won’t see another for about thirteen months or … Continue reading
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Tagged Everest 2010, Seven Summits, training, Twillingate, Yamaha XT 250
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TA Loeffler's Adventures that Move 