We sadly left Rocky Harbor to head to Port Aux Basque and tomorrow’s ferry to Nova Scotia. Not much excitement beyond a welcome chocolate/vanilla twist cone on the way.
The Trans Canada Highway West ends right at Port aux Basque where we’re staying the night. We logged about 200 miles in the clouds and sunshine. We’re take a ferry from Newfoundland back to Nova Scotia. It leaves late morning and takes 7 hours to arrive in North Sydney. Seems like a good day for napping, if you ask me.
There is a patch of the Highway between Rocky Harbor and Port aux Basque that is called “Wreckhouse” where ocean winds cross largely unfettered and can reach tropical storm speeds. The winds have a notable history of blowing a train off its tracks. Today was a calm-ish day so we traveled comfortably. But we planned to come a day early just in case.
We’re staying at St Christopher’s Hotel, named for the patron saint of travelers. Pretty good marketing as it’s located nearly next door to the ferry terminal. The view overlooks the harbor and it’s blessedly quiet.
There is a mystery here. When we pulled into the parking lot, there was a Harley Trike parked a few feet away. Nothing startling about that, except it has Hawaii tags. How did he get it here? Will he ship it back? Why would you bring your bike when you could surely rent one? I’m sure I’ll waste a few hours on this one.
There’s not much to report as you can see. Maybe tomorrow?
Wandering Retirees 