Sunday August 4

The Kirk clan comes to the park to see us and check out our Bambi Airstream. They are off to Quidi Vidi Brewery and we head to Cape Spear with plans to meet up later in the day. Let’s talk about Cape Spear, the eastern most point of Canada and North America. It’s the furthest east one can drive in North America. Last summer we made it to Anchor Point, Alaska, the western most point one can drive to in North America, and to Deadhorse the northern most point one can drive. Deadhorse is the working town for the Prudhoe Bay Oil Fields and the town’s name overstates the loveliness of the town. Now there are towns more north and more west but they are not reached by connected roads. Wells is a lister so he needed to get to Cape Spear. He is still pondering how do we get the Airstream to the southern most point of North America!

After exploring Cape Spear we head back to downtown wanting to hit Mussels on the Corner for a late lunch/early supper. Later we plan to go to O’Brian’s Pub to enjoy another jam session where both John and Trish will play. We find a parking spot up the hill and head towards our destination. This section of St. John’s is full of Jelly Bean Houses. These row houses line the steep streets leading up from the harbor. They all look similar in design except they are all different colors looking like jelly beans.

Just before we arrive at the restaurant we receive a message from John saying go to Mussels on the Corner and go upstairs to the back. They are up there. We head in and up the stairs. Turns out the lower part is Mussels on the Corner and the upper part is O’Brian’s Pub with the main entrance to the pub on the street above. There are Trish and John jamming with several local musicians. We don’t see anywhere to sit so we head back down to the restaurant part. Once the jam is over they join us downstairs for a feed. Sadly it’s soon time to say goodbye with us heading south tomorrow morning with them to Gros Morin National Park on Newfoundland’s West Coast.