On to Labrador

2010.08.27

Gusty winds and rain buffeted our rig all night and kept us from sleeping well, so we were a bit slow in the morning.

We drove to St. Anthony to look around, buy some groceries, and gas up. We decided not to go to the Grenfell Historic Poperties museum because we had seen an extensive Grenfell exhibit at "the Rooms" provincial museum back in St. John's. We did drive over to the scenic fishing village of Goose Bay.

We then drove to St. Barbe which is the West terminus of the ferry to the mainland, in this case the province of Quebec. The ferry goes to Blanc Sablon which is just West of the Labrador border.

On the way over to St. Barbie, Brenda snapped a picture of what we have been seeing from day one on Newfoundland. It is a picture of a power or telephone pole surrounded at the base by a box full of rocks. We think we have figured out why this is so. When they augur holes for the power poles and hit a significant rock they quit and make up for it with rocks above ground. For sure, Newfies call this island "the Rock".

We booked a spot on the next available ferry which was at 6:00 pm. That meant we had a 3 hour wait. This ferry terminal is attached to a motel and restaurant. So, to get Wi-fi, we went to the restaurant for coffee and dessert. The food was fine, but the Wi-fi must have been connected to a cranky dial-up line. Not a good investment for us. Well, at least I got to read more of "Charleston" on Brenda's iPod Touch.

The ferry, on time and as scheduled, took an hour and a half to get us to Quebec. Their roads were terrible, but perhaps it's because it's a short distance and it leads to Labrador.

Given that the sun was setting, we stopped at the first available campground. It is run by the Northern Light Inn in L'Anse au Clair, Labrador. After all the rain, the campground was on the muddy side.

Odometer reads 68,196.