Monday 12, 2019
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| Outside the Fluvarium |
This morning, we rode our bikes from the campground to visit the nearby Fluvarium. This is a three-story building dedicated to promoting the value of local fresh bodies and surrounded by trailheads to riparian walking trails. The ground floor was dedicated to the registration desk and staff offices. The next lower floor housed Informative interpretive displays, some interactive. The bottom floor had windows looking outside to a sub-surface view of a natural stream (Nagles’ Hill Brook) that flows by the building and empties over the top of a fish ladder. We could observe underwater vegetation and fish (trout and Atlantic salmon) in their native habitat as well as observe them and other water creatures in indoor aquaria. After exiting the Fluvarium, we walked along a couple of outdoor trails before heading back to the RV. Jane prepared lunch from the potatoes and cauliflower that we had purchased at the roadside vegetable stand.
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| Inside the Fluvarium |
In the afternoon, because we had enjoyed our Combination Tour yesterday, we boarded another Legends van for another expedition, The North East Avalon Tour. The same guide, George, was driving a smaller vehicle and we were the only passengers. Our first stop was the Memorial University Ocean Science Centre where we could observe seals and a touch underwater creatures. The facility has labs and offices where university faculty and students carry out all sorts of marine research. We next proceeded along a coastal loop with beautiful views and quaint villages. Our stops included Logy Bay, Middle Cove Beach, Torbay, Flatrock, Pouch Cove and Bauline among other other impromptu stops. Because we had our own personal guide (and photographer), we got to know George much better. In Bauline while we were taking pictures, he popped into a restaurant and bought a box of cod pieces with fries and gravy to go. Jane and I sampled it in the back handing George an occasional piece to eat while he navigated curvy roads. We then stopped a a local bakery and while Jane and I went in to buy scones and homemade bread, George finished the cod and fries. In the bakery, the cashier was surprised that we were Framptons, too! She was the only Frampton that she knew in the St. John’s area but was aware of some along the Labrador coast. At the end of our tour, George took us to an extra stop that overlooked St. John’s from the west and then dropped us off downtown near George Street. We ate dinner at the Fish House then took the #10 bus to MUN Center and walked the remaining mile back to our campsite for a quite evening.
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| The Ocean Science Center |
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| Jane at the Touch Tank
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| Along the NE Avalon Coast |
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| Middle Cove Beach |