Heading to Nfld - July 14

Boy did it ever rain last night.  We seemed to have a little leak on the one side of the trailer but it wasn’t too bad.  We really haven’t had to deal with rain till now so haven’t had any issues.  I will have to check into that when we get home.  It was great timing though – the rain stopped just in time for us to get everything packed up and ready to go and then started again as we waited in the line for the ferry! 

It cost us over $350 to get on the ferry with our 40 foot load (truck plus trailer) and us five people.  The Marine Atlantic ferry we were on was quite nice.  A newer ferry with lots of amenities on board.  We had brought some snacks on board for the 6 hour voyage but hadn’t planned on much more than that.  Next to us, some more experienced ferry riders had brought a cooler with lots of food and drinks!  We will have to remember that for next time!  We did have lunch on board the ferry – a great meal actually and not that pricey considering where you are.  The snack bar was much worse – 2 slices of bread for $2! 

We finally made it to Port aux Basques around 4 pm Newfoundland time and decided to head to Corner Brook.  Only about 2 hours away but we had been warned MANY times not to drive at night on the Rock.  There a plenty of moose here and they seem to come out at night.  One woman told me of seeing almost 75 moose in one hour on the roads!  Better to be safe.