SEPT 7, Friday, on the road back to the West Coast
I
got up at 7 am to pouring rain but it’s supposed to clear up later this morning
so we waited for a while.
Around
10 AM, it became more of a drizzle than rain so I went out and packed up. We were on the road and TCH 1 by 10:30 AM
under drizzling rain and fog. It rained
on and off all the way to our final destination for the day: Catamaran RV Park
in Badger. We stopped twice for fuel and
lunch. Diesel is now at $1.43 in the
Central Region. No moose and no wild
life! It is 5:30 PM, we are set up and
relaxing. I called my brother Peter to
find out how Tucker is and to let him know we are taking the ferry on Monday
morning. The weather is good over there,
warm and sunny!
We
drove 475 Km (292 miles) in 5 hrs 20 minutes at an average 54MPH. We stopped for a total of 40 minutes.
N 49* 03.171
W 056* 04.876'
Alt: 426 Ft
SEPT 8, Saturday, to Doyle, NFLD
Val
woke up with stuff nose and a bit of a fever!
We were on the road by 9 AM. The
weather was great, cloudy with sunny periods and the winds were light. We stopped in Deer Lake for fuel @ $1.414 and
we had brunch here too. We were soon
back on the road and arrived without any incidents at the KOA Park in Doyles,
approx. half hour from the ferry. Val
wanted to leave tomorrow instead of Monday ( why spent an extra day when there
is no need she reasoned!?) so she called the ferry and changed our reservation
to tomorrow (cost $25, cheaper than an extra night). We arrived at the park at 2:20 PM and paid
$30 + $1.50 for using my visa ( Pretty tacky).
We are set up in #5 and doing last minute preparations for our crossing
tomorrow; hopefully it will be without any incident and ON TIME!!! I researched the NET yesterday and found that
the crossing is approximately 160 KM (100 miles). I will have to confirm that on the vessel.
We drove 406 Km (250 Miles) in 4.5 hrs @ an average 55 MPH and were stopped for just under an hour.
N 49* 03.171'
W 56* 04.876'
Alt: 82 ft
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