Saturday was another cold and blustery day spent on the Avalon Peninsula. The highlight of the day was a visit to Cape St. Mary’s Ecological Reserve. We walked out from the lighthouse around the blustery cliffs to view the various seabird colonies nesting in the cliffsides. There were northern gannets, black-legged kittiwakes, common murres, and black guillemots, but it was the northern gannets that really intrigued us with their various coquettish embraces, and defensive beak fights. We stood for quite a while watching and enjoying their distinctive moves. Then it was back on the road to our destination in Swift Current. The scenery on this leg of the Iris Loop varied a little more than the rest and we actually saw a hay field with bales wrapped in plastic. Haven’t seen too many horses along the way, or any domestic animals for that matter, but we did see a bloke on a horse riding through one of the small towns. The graveyards make a statement. Most of the headstones are simple crosses. Very effective and powerful compared to our need for elaborate marble headstones.
Our overnight stop was in Kilmory Resort. This was literally a wooden cabin situated on the Piper’s Hole River. The view from our cabin was stunning. However, the cabins themselves were a little tired and we had an unfortunate incident in that I tried to change the booking 48 hours ahead of time and was told that we needed to give them 10 days’ notice. Interesting. I must have made about 30 bookings in Newfoundland/Labrador and this is the only one that requires this amount of time. Plus, it was not stated in any material I had from them. They say they told me on the phone. Maybe they did. Unfortunately, I don’t remember them saying that, so it is my word against theirs. They eventually split the difference and told us to contact the owner. I am afraid it won’t be the owner we will be contacting, but will make a point of informing Canada Select. Anyway, the ladies in the office were very charming, and upgraded us to a one bedroom when I had simply booked a studio.
Our overnight stop was in Kilmory Resort. This was literally a wooden cabin situated on the Piper’s Hole River. The view from our cabin was stunning. However, the cabins themselves were a little tired and we had an unfortunate incident in that I tried to change the booking 48 hours ahead of time and was told that we needed to give them 10 days’ notice. Interesting. I must have made about 30 bookings in Newfoundland/Labrador and this is the only one that requires this amount of time. Plus, it was not stated in any material I had from them. They say they told me on the phone. Maybe they did. Unfortunately, I don’t remember them saying that, so it is my word against theirs. They eventually split the difference and told us to contact the owner. I am afraid it won’t be the owner we will be contacting, but will make a point of informing Canada Select. Anyway, the ladies in the office were very charming, and upgraded us to a one bedroom when I had simply booked a studio.
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