In June 2023, Penticton residents Charlotte Leaming and Wendy Stewart travelled to Newfoundland and Labrador for a 13-day nature tour of Canada’s most eastern province.
There was nature galore – icebergs, nesting Puffins and Gannets, Minke whales, toads, flora at every step as well as oodles of culture – lighthouses filled with history, stacks of firewood 10 feet long, roadside houses for the garbage cans, homes with no steps to the front door and people, amazing, huge-hearted, fun-loving people.
Come with Charlotte and Wendy as they travel hundreds and hundreds of miles across rocky, barren landscapes to arrive at a seaside hamlet full of joyful music, a freshly caught lobster dinner and an iceberg right over there (you can even have ice from that iceberg in your drink!)
Charlotte Leaming is a retired Okanagan horticulturist; Wendy Stewart is a retired reporter and government communicator. Both love to travel.