Newfoundland, Canada ~ Day 7!

After a breakfast of eggs, bacon, and toast at the B&B, we headed out for more hiking today.

Spiller's Cove on the far eastern side of this small island was hike #1 and offered us some great views - and even a couple more Humpbacks! (No pictures of those - bummer.)

We then drove to Lower Little Harbour, a bit south, to a meh hike - it was mostly walking along a gravel road and just a wee-bit of a hike to an arch. 

 

 

As it was a lovely day with no rain (although the clouds started rolling in for what would be early evening thunderstorms), so we took our third and final hike to the Top of Twillingate where we could see a 360-degree view of Twilligate Island. This was our only hike in the trees...

With four lookouts and a fire tower:

Lookout #1

Lookout #2

Lookout #3

Fire tower

.....which is the highest point on Twillingate Island - 327 feet. Feet. Not metres. We are in Canada, so that seemed strange.......

Lookout #4

So it was just an "okay" hike at this point, until Suzanne (unknowingly) (who always leads our hiking - can't see past tall Brad) disrupted a wasp nest and was stung about 4 - 5 times on her legs. HOLY F*****ING %@%*t#))!##(^&!!!!!!!!!!!  Yowza they hurt! As she was already taking antihistamine for some Black Fly bites she acquired in Rocky Harbour in Gros Morne, she did not have a terrible reaction (some swelling, redness, and heat) and was fine within a couple hours. 

For the record:

• Suzanne got about 12-15 black fly bites that swelled quite a bit; Brad got about 3 or 4 that a teeny-tiny red dots.
  
• Suzanne got about 4-5 wasp stings; Brad got none.

Moral - hike with Suzanne and you won't get bitten or stung. 😉