Continuing on our new theme of a less energetic vacation we headed out for breakfast, then drove to a park in town for a gentle stroll around some trails. Well gentle didn’t enter into the equation. We finished up doing a 4.2 mile hike with a 300ft vertical climb in it. Not quite what we were expecting, but it was good for us, and more important we managed to do it.
Once our hearts had returned to a normal rate we headed out for a drive along one of the inlets that comes into Cornerbrook. In my usual lazy manner, here are the pictures (I find the pictures make less grammatical and spelling errors than I do!)
Unfortunately, lunch time came and went, but it appears that there was no eatery within 40kms of where we were. We were eventually saved by a small convenience store that sold a little of everything, nuts, bolts, nails, paint, car parts, food, drink, cards and finally sandwiches.
After we got back to the hotel, Lyn went off on her own to do some craft shopping. When she came back she saw someone in the hall who looked very much like a friend of ours from the Toronto area. We knew he was in Newfoundland, but his schedule was a couple of days behind ours; however as he has an amateur radio licence, he uses his call sign as his licence number on the car which Lyn had seen. Sure enough, we had met up with Ted and Gail, and they were in the room directly opposite ours. They had changed their plans at the last minute, and just happened to book into the same hotel as us. Needless to say we had a good evening in the restaurant catching up.
This is our last night on the rock, we catch the overnight ferry tomorrow evening from Port-aux-Basques to North Sydney, then we’ll head off to Ottawa with an overnight stop in Edmunston. I’l probably do one more entry when we are back home