Port au Choix

I think 4,000 people came out to vote.

I mean, I, you know, I was running against mayors from, you know, Port aux Choix, St. Philip's, Paradise, doctors from Paradise and that.

Um, but anyway, that was over.

The next, Danny wasn't to be seen.

I've been in the premier's office a dozen times, you know, as a bureaucrat, and I'd been in ministers, but had never been to the caucus room, literally.

Um, so anyway, we went in the next morning, and I w- I just went in 'cause I was going out campaigning.

I had a jacket on and a blue sweater with a dress shirt 'cause I was going to meet, I think, with the Council of Port aux Choix, St. Philip's.

And I went in, didn't know the seating arrangements.

the hunt is all about," yada yada.

And, uh, I put it out there and, and this guy writes me from, uh, from Port au Choix, uh-

Mm-hmm

... which is where a lot of these photos were taken, nearby.

And he says, "Why are you looking for a guide?" He said, [laughs] "Just come to Port au Choix." He said, "Let me show you a video." So I'm waiting there.

Out of his front window, he holds up the camera, and the ice in the bay is littered with seals.

Full.

it actually got.

But on my way the next day...

I found a unique remnant of this time period in the form of a community French oven when stopping on the hunt for coffee at Porte aux Choix.

Traditionally used by the fishermen of old, these were outdoor communal cookers powered by flames.

I stopped to grab a hot drink and traditional bread with some Cloudberry Jam, naturally, and listened to some classic Newfoundland music, courtesy of local accordion maestro Davy Jones.