June 22nd, 2023

Short hop to St John's, so decided to visit Cupids and Brigus en route, amongst the oldest settlements in North America – 1610. Brigus and Trinity vie for the prettiest towns in Newfoundland. Exceptional to visit. On the water, neat, tidy and prosperous from fishing. We got to St John's and were on Airport Road, so took a spin to the airport. A couple of US Air Force transport planes there were most probably related to the Titan disaster. Went to Craig Dobbin Road. Glenn had met him on business, a serious character who made CHC Helicopters a huge success. 

Before checking in made a couple of sightseeing stops, Signal Hill, Cape Spear to see the lighthouse and took a couple of shots of the Jellybean Row houses.

Off to Jellybean Row Houses for our Airbnb. Lovely 3 storey houses in downtown St John's, a 10-minute walk to George St. I Got settled and then walked over to Sue Grey and Dan's home, met husband Dan Levert for the first time and local legend 96-year-old Margo Reid: beautiful house and warm, friendly people. Margo, who graduated from the RVH Nursing school in the mid to late forties, is married into the prominent Newfoundland Reid Family. Newfoundland Railway fame. A charming, warm lady who knows everyone who needs to be known and most informative to be with. Dan was a top engineer then Chief in-house legal counsel for Kewit Corp. he Spent a few years in St John's working with Kewit contracts.

After retiring, he and Sue made the decision to retire in St. John's. Dan is affable, knowledgeable, and a pleasure to be around. He authored On Cold Iron …….a story on the collapse of the Quebec Bridge in 1907 Particularly interesting to Glenn as that matter was discussed at home in Quebec City over many years. We hadn't seen Sue for years, a wonderful person.

On our way to the restaurant, we stopped to see the Terry Fox memorial, where he had dipped his foot in the Atlantic before setting off across Canada. First contact on the trip with people we knew. We enjoy a wonderful evening with great company at a local walkable restaurant.

​Called it a night. .