Looks like the winter is half over here and if the second half is anything like the first part, then spring will come early.Time once again for the Weekend Warriors to get out and around.Here in Newfoundland thousands of small cabins dot the country side and at the first arrival of spring the weekend warriors appear. ATV's are loaded aboard trucks,trailers or simply drove along a trail to the cabins. Thousands of kilometers of wood roads have opened the island up and it's now easier then ever to build a cabin in the back country and get the building materials there. Most of the expeditions for the weekend warriors start Friday afternoons and last until Sundays or longer in case of a holiday weekend. In Newfoundland, the Victoria Day long weekend is known as The May 24th Weekend. Traditionally, people celebrate the long weekend by camping, but due to the unpredictable, and even spiteful nature of Newfoundland's "Spring", the weekend is referred to as always having particularly bad weather such as rain, fog, or even snow. It is a recurring phenomenon, and this stigma is implanted into Newfoundland culture. This weather does not bother the ordinary guy who runs off to his cabin on that weekend and you seldom ever hear a complaint when he does return home from the trip. Beer is the official beverage of the Victoria Day weekend and i have never known of a Newfoundlander who went out that weekend and forgot to take it. Very seldom is it heard that any was left over from the weekend warriors expedition and if so it's always left at the cabin for the following weekend. A lot that make the exodus to the wood roads try their hand at trouting or just riding the ATV to see if they can spot a moose or two. Im sure if Newfoundlanders had to delete a holiday from their calendar and the choice of Canada day or Victoria day was one then the majority would prefer to observe the queens birthday. Bless you Victoria from all the weekend warriors! You would be amused.
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Looks like the winter is half over here and if the second half is anything like the first part, then spring will come early.Time once again for the Weekend Warriors to get out and around.Here in Newfoundland thousands of small cabins dot the country side and at the first arrival of spring the weekend warriors appear. ATV's are loaded aboard trucks,trailers or simply drove along a trail to the cabins. Thousands of kilometers of wood roads have opened the island up and it's now easier then ever to build a cabin in the back country and get the building materials there. Most of the expeditions for the weekend warriors start Friday afternoons and last until Sundays or longer in case of a holiday weekend. In Newfoundland, the Victoria Day long weekend is known as The May 24th Weekend. Traditionally, people celebrate the long weekend by camping, but due to the unpredictable, and even spiteful nature of Newfoundland's "Spring", the weekend is referred to as always having particularly bad weather such as rain, fog, or even snow. It is a recurring phenomenon, and this stigma is implanted into Newfoundland culture. This weather does not bother the ordinary guy who runs off to his cabin on that weekend and you seldom ever hear a complaint when he does return home from the trip. Beer is the official beverage of the Victoria Day weekend and i have never known of a Newfoundlander who went out that weekend and forgot to take it. Very seldom is it heard that any was left over from the weekend warriors expedition and if so it's always left at the cabin for the following weekend. A lot that make the exodus to the wood roads try their hand at trouting or just riding the ATV to see if they can spot a moose or two. Im sure if Newfoundlanders had to delete a holiday from their calendar and the choice of Canada day or Victoria day was one then the majority would prefer to observe the queens birthday. Bless you Victoria from all the weekend warriors! You would be amused.
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wayne are you the guy that had the wildlife video on the go about 5 years ago?i remember watching video of people in cape ray shooting moose and caribou and your name kept comming up.the scenery was beautiful and the mountains reminded me of something out of lord of the rings.
Yes,i had a video on the go back in the 90's.it was video i shot myself on the southwest coast here and it became quite popular with local hunters.nice scenery,but i don't think it looked anything like the lord of the rings films.
Great post as always Wayne, I'm getting the itch myself, the warm weather last week really had me eyeballing the wheelers, then it dropped to -10 F. Colder than a well digger's butt in January. I'll be digging them out before long, but not nearly soon enough.
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