dildo days

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 We overnighted in Square Pond campground, mainly due to their wi-fi connection. Another long night plowing through the video, blog, etc.

 The average bedtime is about 2:30 am. Usually we have a few cocktails while we work. Best guess so far for alcohol consumed: two bottles of Old Sam rum, ten dozen beer or so, three quarters of a bottle of gin, one bottle of vodka, one and a half bottles of scotch and a bottle of red wine. Seafood comsumption: cod, lobster, scallop, crab, cod tongue, salmon, shrimp and squid.

Mid-day we made the determination to go to the lower part of Trinity Bay to cover that area, more specifically a town named Dildo.

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 Yes, we shot the obvious… Dale with the Dildo road sign. There’s a clever bit of guerrilla advertising attached to the sign. It’s a handpainted sign. It advertises a wood shop which sells replica Dildo signs and other souvenirs. Sure it’s a small sign, but everyone stops to get their picture taken.

According to the Newfoundland dictionary a Dildo is a small round stick or dowel fastened to the gunwhale of a rowboat to hold the oar in place, just in case you were wondering

 

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 All 12 year old boy humour aside, its a wonderful town with friendly people who take the name with good natured jokes and chuckles. We met a couple of young adults at the music festival inside the local hall and had a chance to take some great photos. That all said here’s the view from the harbour, absolutely stunning.

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 Now we are heading down to the last of the four bay tour, which is where we started. That would be Conception Bay.

 

6 Comments

micah thinks...

July 24, 2009

this is way to funny. i have to say i was a little scared to click on the link, but it’s all good fun. i’d very much like to sign up for the “dildo island adventure tours”.

Tim thinks...

July 24, 2009

I would imagine the folks from Dildo don’t see eye to eye with the folks from Conception. Kind of opposite sides of the same coin. ;-)

Seth thinks...

July 24, 2009

a small round stick or dowel fastened to the gunwhale…”

…So that’s what a dildo is, good to know!

that second last picture got a LAUGH here.

This is funny! But I like it.

alex thinks...

August 23, 2009

this is a great part of our country for magnificient photography. Great job and I look forward to the newest calendar