Day 10 - Deer Lake to North Sydney

We were on the road as early as possible, headed for Port-Aux-Basques and the ferry. It was a raining most of the day today so it wasn't surprising when we had to stop on the TCH for this.

This part of Newfoundland is mountainous and the scenery is spectacular even in the rain and fog.

We stopped at a spot not too far from where the above photo was taken and hunted for a cache. Because we were unable to do any caching yesterday, we still had two geocoins and a travel bug that needed to be in a Newfoundland cache. We found a suitable traditional cache in the woods not too far off the highway and dropped them there.

Finally we arrived at the ferry terminal but there was no ferry there. We lined up for boarding and waited. Finally, the ferry appeared out of the fog.

We weren't too late loading and the ferry finally departed. We were sitting near a window and the GPS was locked on for the entire crossing. After it was totally dark, we noticed that the ferry started slowing down. After a few minutes, we noticed that the track started to change direction. Eventually, the ship traced a a very nice circle that measured about one mile in diameter. The GPS recorded it all and here is what it look like:




Eventually the ferry made it into port after turning a 5 1/2 hour crossing into one more like 7 1/2. We checked into a motel room well after midnight. We decided that tomorrow we would stay in the Sydney, NS area and see the Cabot Trail.

Traveled today - 312 miles
Cumulative mileage - 3999.59 miles