It was a nice sunny day for our seven hour ferry ride from Port aux Basques NL to North Sydney NS. The ferry departed at 11:45 am so we had lots of time to get breakfast and pick up a sandwich to eat for lunch on the ferry. Departing Newfoundland involves going through an agricultural inspection where they search your car for soil and plants. If it is dirty enough, you get a free car wash. I thought for sure we would get one but were disappointed. The thousands of bugs plastered on the front of the SUV must have been deemed protein and not dirt.
This was a slightly smaller ferry than we had for the long crossing on the way there but still fairly substantial at 600 ft LOA.
Leaving Port aux Basques....
We were in the First Class seating area so had a nice comfy seat and view for the crossing. There was just a bit of a cross roll as the wind was on the beam.
We arrived on time and got to our B&B by 6:30 pm. Just a lovely property on the bay with nice grounds and a classic sailboat (in need of restoration) sitting on the back lawn. We were given "The Captain's Room" (how did they know?) which included the parlour that came in handy after the bugs arrived at sunset.
We then looked for supper and found few choices. The top rated lobster place was fully booked and the number 2 was closed on Sunday. It was getting late and we had to settle for second rate pizza.
Upon returning, we met a couple of other guests and had a great time comparing travel stories over a beer.
From here it was a two day dash back to Niagara-on-the-Lake. Two fairly long driving days with an overnight on Orono Maine which turned out to be a cute little town with a nice bar/restaurant for supper. My last chance for lobster and they had a delicious lobster roll on the menu.
We arrived home a little after 7:00 pm on Tuesday July 9th. Total distance 7,200 km. Lots of fun memories of Newfoundland and Cape Breton. Another 3,900 shutter actuations on the cameras.
Thanks for taking the time to follow along and we hope that if you haven't been to Newfoundland, try to get there some day. Very friendly people, a little different lifestyle and some great scenery. Definitely a special place in Canada.
