Wandering Retirees

Today’s ferry from Port aux Basque NL to North Sydney, NS took six hours. We left the port in Newfoundland in heavy fog. It seemed only fitting somehow. More magical.

Riders are generally directed towards one lane for boarding. As a group we drive onto the ferry and into the ship’s hold. It’s an odd feeling at first.

Everyone scurries about, grabbing tie downs and tamping down our bikes to the deck of the hold. Today we helped two older guys who were on the ferry with their bikes for the first time. They thought the deck hands would tie down the bikes. But they don’t. So Hank and I helped.

After everything was right with the bike we proceeded up to the 9th deck of the ship to find our seats. They were reclining and comfy.

Hank and I settled in with coffee and muffins and read our books all day. Around 5:00, we started to see the coastline of Nova Scotia.

There is an orderly process for embarking and disembarking the ferry. At about 5:50, everyone returned to their vehicles and by 6:00 (right on time) we rode off the ship.

Now we are in a little roadside motel for the night. Tomorrow we set out for the Bay of Fundy.