No Internet; Ferry from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland

Hello all, Johnny and Lily are in Newfoundland and without internet again. They are still alive and well.

Sarah

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Greetings from Newfoundland! Jon and I woke up at 5:30 this morning to catch the 9:30 am ferry. We had to drive an hour and a half to get to the North Sydney ferry terminal. We left during sunrise which was a nice sight. There was also fog above the roads when we left. We managed to take a few pictures along the way.

We arrived at the ferry terminal at 8 am. We had to arrive one hour and a half before departure. We ate breakfast at the ferry terminal. Jon had a bologna and cheese sandwich. I had a breakfast meal which included toast, eggs, bacon and a hash brown. It was tasty.
We slept for more than half of the ferry ride. It will take about 5.5 hours to get to Newfoundland. We’ll arrive at 3 pm but that’s Newfoundland time which is a half an hour ahead of Nova Scotia. We’re operating 4.5 hours ahead of BC.

There are several air lounges which have airplane seats. The ones we sat in were nice big seats not those dinky economy seats. It was hard to sleep in a comfortable position in those chairs. There are also cabins which you can pay for. They remind me of cruise ship cabins. Of course Jon and I are too cheap to pay for them so we wound up sleeping in airplane seats. There was also live folksy music in the main lounge area.

Jon said that the ferry was not efficient. When the cars were loading, there were workers who scanned our tickets before letting us go which slowed down the loading process. Also, we were only allowed to return to our vehicles after the ferry docked. Normally, they would send you to your vehicles about 20 to 30 minutes before docking so people can leave faster.

Anyways, we drove around Port aux Basques. It’s quite a cute town. We bought fish and chips on the pier. It was tasty. We also saw a grocery store called Coleman’s. As Jon likes to make up slogans for stores, he thought of this one for Coleman’s: “Our prices are low and our lines are short.” He thought it was funny because short refers to Gary Coleman with Coleman being to store name. We then drove to Tim Horton’s to get a bagel with cream cheese and an ice capp. We asked for the bagel to be toasted but I think toasted here means “double” toasted which is a burnt (blackened) bagel. We had to send it back and get it “single” toasted.

It’s very nice here. There are lots of trees, hills and lakes. Jon enjoys driving here. We’ll be staying at Deer Lake tonight because it is close to Gros Morne Park. We’ll be going there tomorrow.