Showing posts with label Newfoundland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Newfoundland. Show all posts

Time to Eat Crow... We're Unorthodox... and How do YOU recharge?

Time to Eat Crow. I Now Believe in Moose!

I stand corrected. I apologize, I couldn't have been more wrong. 

Moose exist.

It was less than a week upon our arrival in Anchorage, Alaska that I spied my first moose while traveling along the Seward Highway south of town.

AND he was swimming. I am now fully obsessed with moose, as demonstrated... CONTINUE READING >>

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We're Unorthodox! What are YOU Going to do with Your Empty Nest?

Deseret News intrigued us with some interesting Boomer stats and asked us to weigh in with our thoughts and experience!

"With a son who is a pilot and is able to fly and see them often, as well as two daughters who can both be visited by traveling to the same city, the family is reunited often.

'I'm fairly certain we see our kids more traveling a lot than if we were in one place'"... Read the full article and leave a comment here


Where Do You Go to Recharge? Meet Me at Women at Woodstock!

I wrote extensively about my first experience at Women at Woodstock last year, about how I agreed to go -- kicking and screaming a bit -- and the immediate benefits I received by attending.
It's been an incredible year for me and the women I met at WAW have been supporting me all the way!

 I'll be speaking at this year's main event, and I would love for you to join me there! Click in to see for yourself how WAW can change your life!


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Eating (and Drinking) Our Way Through Newfoundland


As with everything about life in Newfoundland, the food revolves around the sea. 

Pictured: David kisses a cod!

In fact, seafood is the main reason that settlers from Europe came to the island in the first place.

See all the wonderful ways Newfoundland prepares the catch of the day!... CONTINUE READING >>

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Summer Travel Idea: Escape to Breathtaking Newfoundland

Breathtaking vistas, natural wonders, and fabulous people (so nice, we actually felt guilty at times!) combine to make the island of Newfoundland one of our favorite places on earth.

Here's why we think Newfoundland should be at the top of everyone's bucket list... CONTINUE READING >>


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The Birds of St. Mary's

On the far southern tip of Newfoundland live so many birds it was actually shocking.

Bird Rock is a massive dome, covered with nesting gannets and penguin-like auks, jutting out of a huge canyon with vertical sides that fall more than thirty stories straight down to the sea.

Spectacular!... CONTINUE READING >>


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Whales, Icebergs, Wine & Getting "Screeched In" in Twillingate, Newfoundland

Join your GypsyNesters in beautiful Twillingate, Newfoundland!

We kayaked with whales! And dolphins! AND icebergs!

We became honorary Newfoundlanders by getting "Screeched In" - we kissed the cod, shot the Screech and took the oath (in varying degrees of success)!

Sample toutons and tea, check out a real-deal musical group and enjoy wine made from... CONTINUE READING >>


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Exploiting Central Newfoundland

Let's check out Central Newfoundland!

Take a rip-roarin' ride down the Exploits River with us (trust us, that's not the strangest name we saw!), meet the Beothuk People, enjoy a lobster picnic, and find out more about the fishing culture of this wonderful land... CONTINUE READING >>


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We sat down with the fabulous Chloe Jeffreys of the aptly named Generation Fabulous and discussed helicopter mom recovery, staying connected with our adult kids, reinventing middle-age, and the importance of... CONTINUE READING or leave a comment! >>

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Icebergs and Vikings on the Great Northern Peninsula

While our explorations may not require nearly the mettle of a bunch of bearded, red-headed, horned-helmet-wearing brutes setting out across The North Sea in an open boat; navigating a house on wheels over barren, weather beaten roads up to the very top of Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula did require a certain measure of... CONTINUE READING >> 

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Fjords, Carnivorous Plants and Standing on the Earth's Mantle in Newfoundland

Join your GypsyNesters as we trod upon the Earth's mantle, discover the breathtaking beauty of a fjord by water, dodge carnivorous plants, devour a traditional Jiggs Dinner, frolic with massive amounts of butterflies, and learn what a pudding sock... CONTINUE READING >> 

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How To 'Drive' to Newfoundland


We've been wanting to see Newfoundland for years, but we wanted to do it in our motorhome. 

Wait a minute, Newfoundland is an island, and our little RV may do a lot of things, but driving across the North Atlantic is not one of them. Yet there is a way to get an motorhome -- or any other vehicle -- onto the island
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Fear Conquering & Zip Lining 300 Feet High

I have to wonder who thinks up things like zip lining? What kind of sick mind muses - "hey, lets launch folks across a gaping canyon on a wire - that'll be awesome!"

Zip lining, in my mind, falls into the bungee-jumping, rodeo-clowning, leaping-off-buildings-in-suits-with-wings category of antics. Better off left to the fearless young whippersnapper types.

Not something I'd ever... CONTINUE READING >>
  

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Understand Newfoundland (hint: that's how to pronounce it)

Whales, icebergs and Vikings all a-half-an-hour late out in The North Atlantic, but what else did we find in Newfoundland?

Magnificent vistas, mountains that rise right out of the sea, the freshest seafood imaginable, and the friendliest people anywhere in the world.

Join us as we explore this unique land on the edge of the continent by boat, motorhome, foot, and ATV... CONTINUE READING >> 

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