It turned out to be a foggy, rainy, windy day. We spent the day seeing the sights in St. John's. Of course we had our rain gear, so we carried on with plan A. Our first sojourn was out to Cape Spear. I guess you could call it one of my bucket list items. It is the eastern-most point of North America. So here we are basking in the beautiful Newfoundland coastal weather at the eastern-most point.

We then headed up Signal Hill. First stop was at the Johnson GeoCenter. This was very nice. They had exhibits on petroleum production, geology and the Titanic. They were very well done, and we ended up spending four hours there. We did two guided tours, geology and Titanic, which were very well done. This was a place worth seeing.

Next stop was Signal Hill National Historic Site. It was exceptionally mediocre. There was a nice movie about the history of Signal Hill and some nice artifacts. I like seeing that old stuff. Other than that, it wasn't very exciting. I would say an hour would be the maximum time to spend there.

We went to the top of Signal Hill and toured Cabot Tower. This site was particularly interesting to me because it was where Marconi received the first transatlantic radio signal. One thing that I hadn't realized was there was already transatlantic message traffic because of the transatlantic cables which had been laid. Marconi was able to coordinate with his station in Poldhu, England. Anyway, the cable operators did everything they could to discredit Marconi in order to protect their business interests. They forced him out of Newfoundland, but he ended up in Nova Scotia where he did establish the first station in North America. The rest is history, as they say.

We wandered (or swarved if you are a Newfoundlander) down to Water Street and landed at Shamrock City where we had some nice fish and chips along with appropriate adult beverages. There was also some nice intertainment, so we had a grand time. Life is good!