Monday, May 21, 2007

Some things to note



Nfld seems like northern BC/AB, when inland, scubby, trees, lots of rocks and water. Yet, the people drive cars, not trucks. And driving down the road we come across a couple cars parked in the middle of nowhere, seemingly. Then look to the side and there's a lake with the people fishing.

The fishing villages look exactly like you'd think they would, houses going up a hill, boats by the water, a church with a graveyard, General Store, post office, lobster traps. Very pretty.

people all had their laundry out on the line today. Mom and I wonder if it's because it's Monday?

We went to Cape St. Mary's bird ecological sanctuary. It was awesome! We walked along a trail in the fog, it looked like I pictured the moors. grasses, shrubby trees, moss, rocks, slightly rolling hills. Cliff on 1 side that went a looonnggg way down. There were sheep grazing on the hills and down the cliff as far as the grass grew. Then we got to the end of the trail, about a mile. And it was this point, ending in a cluster of rocks, about 6 feet wide, narrowing to, oh a foot, and then a few hundred feet down. This picture would ahve been taking from where we stood, except it was foggy when we were there. And note there are no fences or barriers. My fear of heights was in full force. I kept clutching Mom and Allison to make sure they didn't move any closer. And water and waves crashing below. With a billion birds. Or so. Seabirds nesting in the cliffs. Gannets, kittiwakes, razor billed auks. It was amazing. The big rock thing in front of us had hundreds of birds there.

2 Comments:

Blogger Theresa said...

Thanks for keeping us updated Lisa. Those pictures are really good. Is that Mom and Allison on the rocks?

11:27 AM  
Blogger lisaandrichard said...

Actually, the pictures are from a website, as mine aren't developed yet, but if Allison gets her fanny in gear, she can post pictures she took with the digital! I will harass her until she does.

11:41 AM  

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