We say goodbye to Newfoundland after 65 days on "The Rock" as they call it locally. We we actually had reservations for the ferry on Aug. 3, but we were ready to get on with our home bound trip. We rebooked for July 29, only to find out when we arrive a the terminal at 9pm, our tickets say Aug. 29, not July 29. I was in panic mode as Yoli is in the Jeep at one gate, and I am in the RV in another gate, we are chatting on the radio's swapping booking numbers, holding up traffic trying figure out if we can even get on this ferry that is totally booked. Yoli's gate agent was a champ, they wrote it off as agent error and booked us on the ferry for the 11:45pm overnight trip we thought we were booked on. We did not have a cabin so we had to sleep in the chairs, which was aweful. But hey, I was glad to get on the boat and not sit and wait for weeks to get on. We got off the ferry at 7am with very little sleep. We drove a half mile to a local park on the wharf and popped the slides and took a 3 hour nap. Later in the day we go for a walk and only get 50 yards before we engage with some local ladies that live locally and have been friends for 68 years. We chatted about local lore and our trip and certainly enjoyed the sunshine wharf side chat. That is the thing I did not expect, and the thing I will remember the most, the people of Newfoundland and this area have just been so welcoming and helpful. It was a blast meeting so many wonderful people. We talked so long we decided to postpone our next segment of our trip up Cape Breton on the Cabot trail. We head to Baddeck Nova Scotia where we here they have the best seafood dinner. And it was, it was awesome. We got the all you can eat seafood chowder and mussels with a whole lobster chaser with desert and coffee. It was awesome, we only drove 45 miles today, but certainly had good food and good chats with new friends. We pulled into a gravel area just a block from the restaurant we found on iOverlander and popped the slides to call it a day.
Miles: 37 / 5895
