2010.08.19We first visited the picturesque village of Trinity. The name originates with Portuguese explorer Carte-Real, who while circumnavigating Newfoundland, entered the bay on Trinity Sunday in 1501.
We then went up to Cape Bonavista where we got to see the old lighthouse there and near by the statue of John Cabot (or more accurately a native of Venice, Giovanni Caboto, in the service of Henry VII) is said to have first landed in 1497. Also on the Cape we stopped by "the Dungeon", which are actually a pair of natural tunnels in the shoreline cliffs leading to a pit created when a cave collapsed.
Finally, we went to the Ryan Premises National Historical Site (that was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1997). It commemorates some 5 centuries of fishing in the area and then explains the process of gutting, salting and dying fish. Part of the museum is the local Bonavista museum about living in a fishing community. We had a nice long chat with a local lady about what that's like.
We camped at the Elliston Municipal Park campground in view and sound of the ocean beach. Not that we went looking for any, but Elliston claims to be the "Root Cellar Capital of the World". :)
Odometer reads 67,199.
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