Following Mark and Dax on the hike up to Signal Hill
Day 88 September 5, 2014
St. John’s, Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Since arriving in St. John’s the day before, we’d already sampled some local Quidi Vidi beers. However, we hadn’t yet actually visited the nearby village of Quidi Vidi, or the Quidi Vidi Brewing Company. That was Priority #1.
Had we been warned, we’d have parked outside of the little village and walked the rest of the way. But, we hadn’t been warned, and we drove right into the village. Not so smart. The streets were super narrow, winding, and hilly. A test of our driving skills and of our patience. We almost got stuck at the end of a street with almost no way to turn around….almost.
Quidi Vidi
Quidi Vidi
Quidi Vidi
We checked out the Quidi Vidi brewery, hoping to get a tour and have lunch. Unfortunately though, they don’t serve food. Even though it’d mean missing the brewery tour, we were way too hungry to stick around, so we moved on.
We found lunch and beers at the Inn of Olde. And by “lunch,” I mean, soup, ‘cause that’s all they served. Not one of our finer meals, but you couldn’t beat the atmosphere. This place was kind of a trippy pub with all kinds of crazy crap and memorabilia hanging on every square inch of the ceiling and walls.
Inn of Olde
Front door to Inn of Olde
Mark @ Inn of Olde
Inn of Olde
Inn of Olde
Old church that’s now a private residence. Quidi Vidi
After a good walk-a-bout the village, and satisfied that we’d “done” Quidi Vidi, we left and drove to the Johnson Geo Centre. The Geo Centre was a cool place. It’s basically a museum built underground, dedicated to geology. Hard to believe, since I almost failed geology 101 in college, but, I loved this place! There were movies, and interactive exhibits, and, just fun shit!
Johnson Geo Centre
When the centre closed for the day, we retrieved the pups from the space shuttle, and went for a little walk across the street. But first we had to pose the pups in front of the big dog statues in front of the Geo Centre. One of the statues was a Newfoundland dog, and the other statue was a Labrador Retriever. We hadn’t thought about this before, but this far away Province had two namesake dogs! Impressive!
The Newfie, the Lab, the Trixie, and the Dax
What started out as a short dog walk, turned into an epic hike. We had inadvertently found ourselves on this cool hiking path that wound around a little village by the harbor, around the sometimes precarious hillside, and all the way up the backside and up to Signal Hill. It was magnificent!!
Beginning of our epic hike
On the hike up to Signal Hill
On the hike up to Signal Hill
On the hike up to Signal Hill
On the hike up to Signal Hill
Following Mark and Dax on the hike up to Signal Hill
Looking back at the path we’d hiked up on.
We finished off the day with dinner at Tavola, on Water Street. Sweet potato soup, salad, ravioli, and some sissy pink lemonade spritzers that were oh so delicious! Great end to a great day!
Ravioli @ Tavola
Pink Lemonade Spritzers. Not just for sissies!
Airstream Moho-A-Go-Go 