Escorted Tours of Newfoundland and Labrador
We stopped on Newfoundland’s ‘Great Northern Peninsula’ so a guest could photograph the beautifully stacked piles of firewood lining the sides of the highway. As luck would have it, there was an elderly gentleman working this lot. Anxious for a break and an excuse to talk, he marched towards us with purpose; “Mind all theREAD MORE
Just before we married, my wife inherited a ramshackle of a place in Bonavista, Newfoundland. It was a hard-old spot that looked fit for nothing beyond the haunts that were rumoured to possess it. We intended to flatten it and use the lovely section of level land to build a new seaside cottage. But thoseREAD MORE
Everyone is talking about the Broadway Musical sensation, ‘Come from Away’ that we saw in St. John’s, Newfoundland last week. And why wouldn’t we? Its an amazing performance that truly captures every human emotion experienced by those passengers who were grounded in Gander during the 911 attacks, and the Newfoundlanders who helped them survive, andREAD MORE
We left Newfoundland on July 1, 2005, and on our very first day in Vancouver I landed a job as a “Genny” truck driver with a television / movie production company. It was a bizarre set of circumstances that made for a great story. So entertaining, I wrote a “Pilot” for ‘Skerry Boy Television’; aREAD MORE
As the month of November draws to a close and we file yet another photo folder in the storage bin, it gives us pause to review those pictures that didn’t make it to our social media site, as well as an opportunity to reflect on the amazing fortunes with which we are blessed here inREAD MORE
I was recently scheduled to host a local tour for the ‘Over 50’s’ club in Paradise, Newfoundland. This was the third time we worked with this group so when I stepped on the bus a lady in the front seat sized me up and asked; “Are you the same man who did this tour lastREAD MORE
The Newfoundland Government recently announced that they’re investigating means which would help entice expatriate Newfoundlanders to relocate “home” (here in Newfoundland). There are thousands of baby boomers who left Newfoundland to make a life on the mainland, and as the demographic curve suggests, are now considering retirement opportunities. As anyone will tell you, there’s noREAD MORE
I like to begin each of my guided tours by encouraging guests to grab my attention whenever they see something of interest, desire a photo stop, or simply want to ask a question. “Scratch, scream, holler, kick, scrab, jump up and down – do whatever it takes. Our busses have good brakes and some ofREAD MORE
Guests will often hear me suggest that Newfoundland is perhaps, the cleanest and greenest place on the entire planet. Keeping in mind that this claim is made in typical Newfoundland fashion, relying mostly on broad sweeping generalizations which are not necessarily supported by any real scientific data, and is instead based on our keen observationalREAD MORE
Growing up in Newfoundland, we truly thought of ourselves as castaways. An island state plunked down off the east coast of Canada, smack dab in “the middle of nowhere”. We might even be accused of using this as an excuse when we first started our tourism programs, trying to entice travellers to our shores withREAD MORE