Before we embarked on the day, Jan did some volunteer work in the harbour - hauling in and tying up a the Lady Remington III - a mere 4,28 tons . She's learned a a lot about seamanship along the trip.
We were excited to start our whale-watching tour with the Iceberg Quest tour company.
As you can see, the wind and the waves were a bit intense. Some of our fellow sight-seers were below nursing their queasy stomachs (code for vomiting in white kitchen catcher bags) while we enjoyed the turbulent upper deck.
One of our fellow passengers was kind enough to take our picture before he headed below to toss his cookies.
After 45 minutes we were off the coast of Cape Spear, and several whales were surfacing, spouting and spraying all around us. Everyone was on the lookout and the captain did a fantastic job of navigating to allow us to catch the best view possible. With all the jostling and rocking of the boat, this was the best shot we got :)
On the trip out from and into the St. John's harbour, we captured some great pictures of the local landscape - the Battery Row houses - a couple are for sale if anyone is interested...
The St. John's Harbour lighthouse at Fort Amherst:
Also, one of the classic images of St. John's - the 'jellybean' houses - named for their multi coloured facades
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