After our tour of Grand Falls-Windsor in
the fire engine, Vince came by later that afternoon on his Honda and took us to
see some sights near town
Enjoying the view at Bishop’s Falls
The port of Botwood became a highly
militarized Canadian coastal defense base during WWII
Vince let me take his bike for a spin
Only fitting to let Vince try mine
We stopped at the WWII gun battery at
Phillips Head
The gun battery was built to defend the
airbase from attack
Two 4.7 inch guns that had muzzles about 10
feet long were intended to prevent enemy naval vessels from entering the port. The shells alone weighed 149 lbs.
There’s a 700 foot underground passage that
connected 11 rooms filled with ammunition, secret documents and supplies
2 hidden escape passages were also
installed
Amanda’s turn to ride Vince’s bike
It started to get fairly cool at night so
we stopped at Tim Horton’s to warm up
We went to the local pizza shop for supper…
…and ordered a Canadian, which is simply substituting
pepperoni for Canadian bacon
The
extended tour.
Relics
of costal defense.
Mighty
fine pizza.
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