Archive for October 2019
SHINING
Newfoundland exhibits the most diverse array of wildflowers on the planet. An island state located off the east coast of Canada, this country’s many unique (and sometimes bizarre attributes) create a truly spectacular garden whose continuity of blooms splay across the coastal landscape for the entirety of the growing season. “… cloak of vibrant…
Read MoreHELLO GOV’NOR
We just delivered the latest Boondockers Snowmobile Film to Jim Parsons, the mayor of Corner Brook. This is the video’s birthplace, so its pretty exciting stuff. But get this, we arrived on the doorstep of City Hall driving a “Side by Side” ATV! Not kidding guys. We’ve always said that Corner Brook is the most…
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As we often explain to guests on our McCarthy’s Party Tours, much of Newfoundland’s cultural mosaic can often be attributed to the simplest of factors; including a shortage of fresh meat. To truly appreciate this phenomenon, one must realize that Newfoundland was once located at the southern most extension of the ‘Canadian Shield’. During the…
Read MoreWITCHY WOMAN
We joined our sister in law Lori McCarthy and a small group of tourists on a foraging hike along the shores of Conception Bay. We were gathering edible plants for the menus she’s created for Adventure Canada’s circumnavigation cruise around Newfoundland this week. We ate rose petals and blue berries, mint tips, oyster plant leaves…
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