This entry was posted on 9/8/2007 9:08 PM and is filed under uncategorized.
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Dateline : Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, Canada. September 8th, 2007
Greetings and salutations from Newfoundland!
Yes, the ferry landed successfully at Port aux Basques and we are at the St.Christopher's Hotel for the evening.
As you can tell by the previous post, the ferry was only five and half hours or so. Good deal.
It's very very very foggy here tonight, so I'm glad we're spending the evening at the St.Christopher, which is right up the road from the ferry. It would have been majorly stressful if we'd tried to get anywhere tonight - mega thanks to guitark-sis-in-law for the heads up on that one.
We scored one geocache on the way to the ferry, by the way. We're doing great this trip.
In Sydney Mines, we gassed up and had lunch at this small local place called "Ebbie's". Well, darned if it wasn't about the best fish and chips we had all vacation!! Fresh haddock and real good fries ( and I'm a fries snob ).
The ferry was this huge ship, and to board you drive right on through a flipped open front bow. Kinda funky, but definitely faster.
This ferry is much bigger than the one we took from Maine, but alas, no casino on board. There was an arcade, but it was filled with bored little kids the whole trip, so I passed on playing Time Crisis 3.
Donairs? What the heck - we saw another offer for them, this time by the bag! guitark, please, if you can figure out what they are - share! I mean, are they, it, like a cold cut kind of deal? Or a spread? Do you eat them hot, or cold? In all this time, all the places we've been, we have never heard or seen someone order them. I know we should just get one ourselves and settle the mystery, but that would be too easy. I wonder if they have donairs in Newfoundland?
Well, it's time to hit the sack. It's been a long day, and there are lots of adventures awaiting us when the sun comes up. In the morning, we drive to Gros Morne National Park, where we will stay for two days. I think we will not have internet access there.
That's all for now. Long days and pleasant nights.
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