Blueberry picking,August 2018.

Random Passage photos and Video

Random Passage Video

Short Drone Run

Cape Ray Sunset

An Evening with plenty of wind in Cape Ray,Newfoundland but a lovely Sunset.

DJ3 Practice

Starting to get out more now after my side effects from the Cancer has slowly weaned off somewhat. A Drone was gifted to me last year by an American friend and I have been trying to use it but my fingers are giving me a bit of trouble. With practice I should be able to use it good enough,so by mid June I will go and see if I can shoot a few Iceberg Videos.

The Phantom DJ3 Advanced seems to be a great Quad Copter.

The Wreckhouse

October Trip to Bonne Bay. GoPro Footage of the Struggle and some still shots.

3 Months after Chemo and still not sure if I'm Cancer free. Side effects of the Chemo still lingers but I am starting to get out more. A little Video I made from a morning where we participated in the Recreational Fishery here.

Today was my last Chemo. Still 40% chance of it returning but i'll think positive about the 60% chance of it not returning. I have so many side effects but hope the majority of them will be gone by July so we can get out and enjoy life again.

Just a quick blog to let people know why I'm not active here lately. Diagnosed with Stage 2 Colon Cancer,had surgery and now doing Chemo.  Round 3 of 12 just completed.

Just another one of our Video's.

 December 17 - 2014. Winter still seems far away and were getting a few good walks in before it comes.

Wreckhouse Wind Warning

Another Wreckhouse Wind Warning issued for our area. No matter how far in advance it's issued,some will still ignore it. Here's the results from earlier in the week when a few ignored one.

The snow seems to continue this winter in Cape Ray. I cleared my Driveway just 12 hours prior to this and by midnight I suspect it'll will have to be done again. A Video from this afternoon (Brother Inlaw in the pic and video clearing the snow) ,,,,, Click on Photo to open.

Looks like Climate change has taken its toll on Cape Ray Beach. With the increase in Atlantic Storms and maybe the lack of ice in the Gulf the past several years,our Beach is loosing sand.A Retaining Wall built sometime in the past by the Railroad is now exposed to the elements. No one seems to know what year it was put in place but it was placed there to protect the Rails that ran just yards from it. After the demise of the Railway it was converted into a T'Railway and maybe the next major storm when it comes (and it will) we'll see the collapse of the T'Railway and maybe the Ocean carve deep into the Lagoon behind it.

Bedrock is now showing on the Beach. This was never seen before.

The Beach once covered the entire wall and the sand went quite a distance out to the Ocean.

No one seems to know when the Retaining Wall was built.

The Beach,known as Cape Ray Beach has lost much of its sand.

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Once Tourists and Locals sunbathed on sand here much higher then the height of the wall.

An Aerial View from above shows that the Section affected is also the narrow part. The next Storm may cause a break into this section and the ocean may spill into the area known as the Parking lot.

A view of the Table Mountain at Cape Ray,Newfoundland.

Table Mountain Sunset

Watching a Sunset from the Table Mountain,Cape Ray,NL. Click on pic to start Video.

Serving in the Dominion of Newfoundland

I never met Gord Misner in person. He was serving his country Canada in the Dominion of Newfoundland 11 years before I was born. He served on the Table Mountain at Cape Ray. Growing up here we could look up and see that old Radar on the Mountain top and wondered about the men who put it there. Stories were told about Americans who built it and very little mentioned of the actual men who really built it. ( The men of the RCAF.) It was not until I obtained Internet service in 1997 before I could do any research on the old Radar. Before that it was just the stories circulating from the older locals in the area and no photos or names of the Servicemen were known. It was years before my searches began to yield good results. An E-Mail from a lady in Ontario (Madeleine Misner)told me her husband served at Cape Ray.Soon after stories and photos started along with a few phone calls. I asked the local paper to do a story on Gord and they did. (Story,click here) Soon afterwards his son (Les Misner) came from Ontario to Cape Ray with a friend and we went to the old Radar Site to place a living Memorial for Gord. (Blog Story,click here) Yesterday I received an E-Mail from Madeleine Misner and it stated, " "Dear Wayne,Just thought you should know that Gord passed away last Tuesday June11. It was peaceful and he is at rest. His wife for 66 years.Madeleine." Gordon Misner might of been the last of his group. When I usually find info now it comes from family members who go through old Diaries or letters and Google the words "Table Mountain or Cape Ray." They have contacted me and sent stories and photos over the years but it was an E-Mail from Madeleine that really started showing the Deeds of those who served there. May 25-2008 We noticed your request for info re Table Mtn. and the RCAF during ww2. Well, my husband served there from Nov. 43 to Dec. 44. He even helped bring the frozen American back to the camp. He speaks of the extreme winds and has many letters which he sent to his mother from there. There were many stories which he has recounted over the years to me and we have many pictures as well. He was in the RCAF but does not remember any Jim Irvine being there. Thank you Gordon Misner for serving our Country and helping with the History of Cape Ray.

Just another Cape Ray Sunset.Click pic to start Video.

A visit to the Great Northern Peninsula this weekend. Video Clip here.