Day 20 - St. John's

This is the first time the whole trip we’ve actually stayed in the same place for 2 nights and we really enjoyed not having to pack up the tent as soon as we woke up. We spent the day seeing all the sights to see in St. John’s. Starting off with a trip to Cape Spear, the most easterly point in North America, a must for our official coast to coast road trip. After that we went to the north side of the mouth of the harbour to Signal Hill and Battery Hill. We explored the downtown streets, did some shopping, took in some shows at the Busker Festival and then made our way to the pier for a Whale Watching Tour.

We took off from in the harbour headed towards Cape Spear in search of Humpback Whales, the guide assured us that he’s gone four times a day for the last month and has seen whales every time. He did not disappoint, within 20 minutes we’d found our whales and spent the next hour cruising along side them, getting a great view and a really great experience. After that we took in a little more shopping and then back to our campsite to do some desperately needed laundry and cleaning. We need to be up at 5:30 am to catch the Ferry from Argentia back to North Sydney, it’s 14 hours long so I’m sure there won’t be much to write about tomorrow.

Nicola and I at Cape Spear, the most Easterly point in North America

The end of our Coast to Coast Journey (August 3rd, 2007), though really it's just the beginning of a different journey getting home

A view of St. John's Harbour from Signal Hill

A view of Battery Hill from the tour boat (Iceberg Quest). It's a small fishing village right outside of downtown

View of the colorful downtown area from the tour boat, all the homes are so brightly painted

Nicola bundled up for Whale Watch Tour, I think she feels like it's the Iceberg Tour

The tail of a Humpback Whale, literally right beside our boat

Kind of hard to see but both baby and the mom are in this picture

View of Signal Hill and Cabot Tower from the boat, the site of the first Wireless Transatlantic Signal in 1901