Day 7 -North Sydney to Corner Brook

At the conclusion of our last log, we were waiting in the North Sydney ferry terminal. We were finally told to go to the car and expect to depart at 2:00 am. Finally, we drove on board, collected our cabin keys from the purser, and found our cabin.

Because we expected the ferry to get underway soon, decided to get what sleep we could. Before retiring, I turned on the GPS and placed it next to the porthole to record the track for this leg of the quest. Much later, I woke up and checked the GPS; according to it, we had just left port and it was daylight. It turned out that a service truck had broken down on board the ferry. The ferry didn't leave the dock until a tow service was found and the truck removed. The end result was, we got a full eight hours of sleep on a 5 1/2 hour crossing and had time left over for morning coffee and a walk around the deck.

It was around noon when we drove off the ferry. Here is a shot of the Caribou at the dock in Port-Aux-Basques.

Soon we were on our way, heading northward from Port-Aux-Basques on the Trans Canada Highway. We were treated to some spectacular scenery.

Along the way we stopped and found our first cache in Newfoundland, "Bottom Brook Arboretum" (GCR10P). It is a traditional cache located not too far off the main road.

We stopped for the night at the town of Corner Brook, near the west coast of Newfoundland. Tomorrow, we plan to drive the last leg of the quest and arrive in St. Johns.

Progress today - 268 miles

Cumulative distance - 2742 miles

Tonight's longitude - W057 56.634