Archive for January 2015
A GUIDING LIGHT
One of the things I enjoy most about guiding are the guests we meet on tour. Of course this is likely due to the fact that we attract a rather unique tourist to our province, they’re smart, eh boy! Tourists who visit Newfoundland are often well travelled. They’ve done the sand and sun, and had…
Read MoreYANKED INTO THE NEW YEAR
I took a small group out for a tour of the city and Cape Spear yesterday. It was a last minute booking and despite the amount of work on my desk I was especially appreciative for the excuse to step away from the office as I knew it promised to be a most spectacular day on…
Read MoreSOMETHIN’ FOR HUTTON
About this time last year I attended a stag party that was hosted in a remote cabin in the Newfoundland wilderness. Knowing there were no hydro lines, the boys carried in an electric generator just to power a full band kit which they set up in the cabin’s immense living room. And I mean…
Read MoreIN LIKE FLYNN
As noted in one of my recent blog posts – we have a deep appreciation and a great deal of respect for our guides here at McCarthy’s Party. Our guides are truly the face of our company and we rely on them to ensure our guests enjoyment, comfort, knowledge base, and entertainment. Quite the…
Read MoreSNOWSHOES JOE
A post from Joe Wiseman: Hello to all our friends and family at McCarthy’s Party Here are a couple of pictures of me (Joe Wiseman) and my Newfoundland dog Riley enjoying our favourite activity snowshoeing around the hills behind our home next to the old church here in Fortune Harbour. Riley seems to be a…
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