{"id":1345,"date":"2010-08-20T15:09:26","date_gmt":"2010-08-20T21:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/?p=1345"},"modified":"2010-09-19T21:27:05","modified_gmt":"2010-09-20T03:27:05","slug":"tr-newfoundland-cape-spear-18-aug-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/tr-newfoundland-cape-spear-18-aug-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"TR: Newfoundland &#8211; Cape Spear (18 Aug 2010)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not a far drive from <a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/brittanysblog\/2010\/08\/tr-newfoundland-st-johns-17-aug-2010\/\">St. John&#8217;s<\/a> is <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Spear\">Cape Spear<\/a>.  Easily seen from <a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/tr-newfoundland-signal-hill\/\">Signal Hill<\/a>, Cape Spear is the eastern most point in North America.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/CapeSpearMarystown\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_7791sign.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/CapeSpearMarystown\/IMG_7791sign.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The day was foggy, making views more obscure, but perhaps a bit more interesting.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/CapeSpearMarystown\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_7776capespear.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/CapeSpearMarystown\/IMG_7776capespear.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/CapeSpearMarystown\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_7778capespear.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/CapeSpearMarystown\/IMG_7778capespear.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more Read more--><\/p>\n<p>The sea, crashing against the rocks of the most eastern point in North America.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/CapeSpearMarystown\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_7787sea.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/CapeSpearMarystown\/IMG_7787sea.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A historic lighthouse sits on the park site.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/CapeSpearMarystown\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_7781lighthouse.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/CapeSpearMarystown\/IMG_7781lighthouse.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/CapeSpearMarystown\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_7795fog.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/CapeSpearMarystown\/IMG_7795fog.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/CapeSpearMarystown\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_7802sign.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/CapeSpearMarystown\/IMG_7802sign.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The old lighthouse.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/CapeSpearMarystown\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_7800oldlighthouse.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/CapeSpearMarystown\/IMG_7800oldlighthouse.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the old lighthouse, the new lighthouse could barely be seen as the fog rolled in.  Notice the green light?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/CapeSpearMarystown\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_7804lighthouse.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/CapeSpearMarystown\/IMG_7804lighthouse.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fog horn blew about every 40 second or so.  Here&#8217;s a video clip, capturing the sound that has comforted many seaman in the past.  Notice the echo it left, which went on for about 10-15 seconds after the actual horn blew.<br \/>\n<embed width=\"600\" height=\"361\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowFullscreen=\"true\" allowNetworking=\"all\" wmode=\"transparent\" src=\"http:\/\/static.photobucket.com\/player.swf\" flashvars=\"file=http%3A%2F%2Fvid173.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw74%2Fmtnbikerskierchick%2FNewfoundland%2520Aug2010%2FCapeSpearMarystown%2FMVI_7799.mp4\"><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nLinks to other Newfoundland and St. Pierre blog posts <\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/brittanysblog\/2010\/09\/tr-newfoundland-grand-bank-21-aug-2010\/\">Grand Bank<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/brittanysblog\/2010\/08\/tr-st-pierre-on-bikes-20-aug-2010\/\">St. Pierre on Bikes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/brittanysblog\/2010\/08\/tr-st-pierre\/\">St. Pierre<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/brittanysblog\/2010\/08\/tr-newfoundland-ferry-to-st-pierre\/\">Ferry to St. Pierre <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/brittanysblog\/2010\/08\/postcards-from-newfoundland\/\">Postcards from Newfoundland<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/brittanysblog\/2010\/08\/tr-newfoundland-fortune-19-aug-2010\/\">Fortune<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/brittanysblog\/2010\/08\/tr-newfoundland-cape-spear-18-aug-2010\/\">Cape Spear<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/brittanysblog\/2010\/08\/tr-newfoundland-signal-hill\/\">Signal Hill<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/brittanysblog\/2010\/08\/tr-newfoundland-st-johns-17-aug-2010\/\">St. John&#8217;s<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not a far drive from St. John&#8217;s is Cape Spear. Easily seen from Signal Hill, Cape Spear is the eastern<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1345"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1394,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345\/revisions\/1394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}