Day 7 - The Extra at the End

Port aux Basques,
Newfoundland and Labrador

10 Miles

After a harrowing day the day before, we were excited to get off the ferry  and back on the bike and see what we could of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Which wasn't much at all.

We thought about the previous day's adventure, our lack of good sleep and the present weather conditions. We really could only come up with a few things we really wanted to do. Get some food, take a hot shower, and find a warm bed.

So we pulled into a small hotel right next to the docks, hoping beyond hope that they had a room we could stay in until the ferry went back to the mainland that night.

The people at the hotel were so nice, and gracious and kind. They did everything they could for us, short of going into the kitchen and making breakfast to feed us. We must have looked really pathetic, because they moved people who had reservations for that night around so we could be on the far side of the building, away from the traffic and construction.

We slept for a good six hours, and woke up refreshed and ready to go.

We weren't going too far obviously, but we did manage to get our Newfoundland and Labrador picture.

and celebrate visiting all the Canadian Provinces and Territories by finding a fantastic hole-in-the-wall bar to kill a couple hours.

The owner, Lukey, tried to convince us that it's always foggy on the coast, but once we got about 10 miles up the road it would be sunny and dry.

We considered it for a while, then pulled up the radar on our phone to see if the rest of the island was, indeed, sunny and clear.

We decided to just stay put, have a good dinner and head back to the mainland on the next ferry out of town.

As we headed back to the hotel, the sky started to lighten,

and we could see more than just a couple feet in front of us as we headed down the road.

We managed to get packed up, eat and get to the docks in plenty of time for the midnight ride back to Nova Scotia. We weren't frantically trying to strap the bike down as the ferry was pulling away, as we had the night before.

 We noticed a lot of people had the same idea we did. In fact, it looked like a mini-Sturgis with all the bikes lined up below deck.

Another trip to the lounge and another night's sleep in a tiny bed awaited us, but at this point we just wanted to be dry, rested and fed.