Day 33:Th Sep14 : Dryden ON to Arcola Sask

Len and I got up about 07:30 and got ready and packed up and hit the road after toast and coffee...( Len drinks Tea ). We stopped at a place just west of Dryden about 20 miles and did some shopping. The place is a sheep ranch that has a big store where they sell wool and sheepskin products. They have some really nice stuff and I bought some cabin slippers for Mom and Judy. We continued west to Kenora ON where we stopped for gas and then went downtown so I could get a picture of the Big fish by the Harbour. We had missed that on the way east because we took the by-pass.
We stopped for lunch a bit further west and then headed for Winnipeg. We took the by-pass around Winnipeg and stopped for gas at Headingly on the east side. While we were gassing up a guy came up to look at my bike. He was the Chief of a First Nation's Reserve north west of Dauphin MB. We had a good visit and when we were talking about our kids I told him that Nancy and Terry lived on leased land on the Tsu-Tina Reserve. He then went to the trunk of his car and came back with a braid of sweetgrass. He gave me the sweetgrass to give to Nancy and Terry for good medicine in their new house. When he gave me the sweetgrass I gave him my tin of Skoal. He was quite impressed that I knew that when someone gave you sweetgrass you had to give them tobacco in return as a sign of respect and gratitude for the sweetgrass. Sweetgrass has great spiritual meaning for First Nations people and they make smudge with it in their religious ceremonies. I was very honored to be given some by a Chief. His daughter is taking her Nursing degree in Calgary and he is going to stop in for a visit with us when he comes out to visit his daughter later this fall.
My brother Gene called me from Arcola just as we were leaving Headingly at 15:00. He was finished work and said he would ride east and meet up with us near Whitewood. We headed west and made good time. We stopped for fuel and a bowl of soup in Brandon because it was starting to get cold and windy. We continued west and finally saw Gene sitting on a pull-out just east of Virden MB. We rode into Virden and had coffee. I introduced Len to Gene and after coffee Gene and I headed for Arcola and Len headed west on #1 with hopes of making it to his friends place in Dysart SK.
Gene and I headed south from Virden for about 30 miles where we got on to #2 highway that heads west to Arcola through Redvers and Carlyle. We got to Arcola about 21:30 but it was a cold windy ride. We had to be very watchful for deer on the road. We stayed up and had a visit for a while and then went to bed. Gene and Joanne both had to work the next day.....

Day 32- Wawa ON to Dryden ON (solo)

I had agood sleep and got up about 07:00 and packed up and headed out after breakfast and coffee. The weather was good and the traffic was light. The road from Wawa to Thunder Bay is a great motorcycling road with lots of hills and sharp curves. The traffic was light so I had a chance to try the bike out with a bit of speed ...The ride along the lake was very scenic and quite fast...I was in Thunder Bay in mid afternoon. I fueled up and had a coffee and continued on to Dryden. Somewhere near English river (out in the middle of nowhere) I pulled over to put my jacket on. As I was standing there another bike came around the corner towards me. The bike pulled over and the rider got off to see if I was OK. After I told him I had just stopped to get my jacket we had a roadside visit. His name was Len and he was from Edmonton. He had been on the road since July 23rd and he was on his way home too. We decided to run together and stop in Dryden for the night. We got underway but had only riden for about an hour when all west bound traffic came to a halt. We pulled up and waited for a while till a police car came by to tell us there had been an accident ahead involving a big truck and the road was closed to recover the wreck. We waited there for about two hours before we got going again. By that time there was traffic lined up as far as we could see. We visited with a couple of truckers who were parked on either side of us. One of the guys was with Deck-Ex and had driven for Mullen back in the early 80's when I was running "Spare Board" there. He knew most of the guys I knew from those days. We finally got going again about 21:00 but the traffic was bumper to bumper all the way to Dryden. We got there about 23:00. After a couple of trys we finally found a motel with a vacancy. Len and I shared a room and after having some supper we hit the rack. Tired again...

Day 31: Arnprior ON to Wawa ON (Solo)

I got up about 06:00 after having a good sleep and hit the road about 07:00 local time. The sun was up but the temp. reading on my bike was 34 degrees F. It was COLD! I rode northwest for about an hour and got to Pembrook where I stopped for breakfast and to warm up. By the time I was done that it was a lot warmer outside and the rest of the day went pretty well. I got to North Bay in the early afternoon. I stopped in Sturgeon Falls for fuel and a coffee at Tim's. While I was there I chatted with a couple who lived just west of Sturgeon Falls in Cache Bay. Dan and Jan were a very nice couple and Dan showed me the electric center stand he had designed and built for his Gold Wing. He is presently trying to market it.
After finishing my coffee and visit I saddled up and headed west again. My route took me along the shore of Lake Nipissing towards Sudbury. I took the By-pass around Sudbury and continued west on #17. Somewhere around Blind River the road was shut down to one lane alternating while some big cranes were at work doing a recovery of rail cars on the tracks next to the highway. I had a visit with an OPP officer who was there directing traffic. He was stationed at Thessalon which was near there. I have his card but I can't find it right now so I will add that later. I told him I was trying to get to Thunder Bay that night but he said that was too far and Wawa was probably a better place to stop so as to avoid the moose traffic. He was right.
I got to the "Soo" in late afternoon and headed north along the shore of Lake Superior. Shortly after stopping to take a picture of the sunset it started to rain and it continued off and on until I got to Wawa about 21:00. I had supper and got a room and went to bed pretty worn out. I had done 707 miles the day before and about 630 miles today...

101 Posts as of NOW

Ok so we're a little wordy. actually Terry was going to do some posts when he was on the road but they are not here. I'm sure he'll give details when he gets to a site where he can blog. (Either that or he needs my help!) He's in Arcola, Sask. right now. He'll be having a chilly ride home.

Home Again

I got into Calgary at 2020 (2350 NL time). Nancy was there to pick me up. It's the greatest thing coming home and seeing someone there just for you. Not only was Nancy there but also the newest member to our family, a sweet little puppy called Karma. She is so cute that we didn't have pay for parking. Nancy drove me home in my CRV. I thought she was driving slow and although it was slow for Deerfoot,only 110 km,I was surprised at my perception. I guess I have to get use to no wind, no bursts of power and a heater! It was dark when I arrived and the trees are yellow. Again I was surprised. It had only just begun to change colours in Nova Scotia and NL is greener than NS. You could just begin to see the beginning of their beautiful fall colours. Calgary is really into autumn mode even with the hot weather. Our lawn was not cut the whole time we were gone, unless a neighbour did it and didn't tell me yet, but the grass barely needs a cut. Our puppy Emma came home after me and wasn't at all that happy to see me. I think she knew her holiday was over with India and Karma, Nancy and Terry's puppies. I phoned my Terry and he actually made it past Ottawa about 45 mins. He said that it took him 1 hour to get through Montreal because of the traffic. Oh well now he's past the "big city" and it should be easy street the rest of the way. I had a great sleep last night in my own bed with no stale smoke hanging around in the air (the last 2 places I stayed didn't have a no smoking room). My windows were open all night. You Calgarians probably think it's chilly this morn but it's status quo for me. You should have paid me to stay away and the cool rainy weather would have stayed away too! I feel like Mariss(sp) on "Frasier". The cupboards are bare and I was dying for a piece of toast, so Emma and I drove to the Co-op for a bread - not open. I did think twice about my next move because I haven't been gone from Calgary that long. Should I chance driving to 14St and 90th Ave to Safeway? Traffic seemed unusually light so away I went. I am not kidding I turned the corner onto 90th and it was GRIDLOCK! Welcome Home.

Longest Day of the Trip for Judy

I am presently sitting in the Halifax airport waiting and waiting for my flight. This is suppose to be faster than riding home. I think Terry is gaining on me. My part of the trip is over. It was a blast and it was alot of fun blogging with my friends and family. Hope you had a good time. Now it's about Terry coming home. He still has a few days ahead of him. He will be happy to hear from you all. Have a good ride Terry. Hope you don't take too many wrong turns going through Montreal. And stay away from the moose no matter how much you want to see one.See you all soon.

Day 29:Sun Sep 10:Sydney NS to Fredericton NB

Judy and I spent the night at a less than 5 star hotel in Sydney after getting off the ferry from Argentia NL. We packed and left early and met our friends Myles and Jane for brunch. We had a real good breakfast and visit. When we left their house in Sydney River it was raining lightly. The rain continued for most of the trip to Halifax. there was also quite a strong wind so the trip was not all that enjoyable. The day was also greatly saddened by the call I received from my brother Tim in Saskatchewan informing me that our Grandmother had passed away in the early morning after a lenghty and courageous battle with cancer. She was 102 years old and fought a hard fight. She was very dear to me and our whole family and will be greatly missed and fondly remembered. I will dwell no further on this event other than to say that I am on my way back home to be with my family to mark this chapter in our history.

Judy and I arrived at the Halifax airport at about !8:00 and we booked her in to a room for the night. She is flying home tomorrow afternoon. I headed west on the bike by myself. I stopped in Sackville NB. for a tank of gas and a quick coffee and continued west. I arrived in Fredericton about 23:45 local time and booked in to a motel. I hope to get an early start tomorrow and get a long day in. Hopefully the weather will co-operate.

Day 28:Sat Sep 9:Placentia NL to Sydney NS

We were up at 06:00 this morning to get packed and head to the ferry terminal at Argentia. Had aquick coffee and loaded the bike and were off at 07:00. Drove to the terminal which is only about 10 minutes from Placentia and got in line. We boarded first and tied the bike dwn and went topside to start the 14 hour ride to Sydney. We had breakfast on board and then spent most of the day wandering around the boat as we cruised to Sydney. We had more cod fish for lunch and then sat in the bar for the rest of the journey except for a couple of hours spent at the bow watching for whales. We saw about 6 or 8 of them over about an hour but didnt get any pictures because they just came up for air and dove again. We listened to a pretty good two man combo in the bar. They sang mostly Newfy tunes and we bought one of their CD's.
We docked in Sydney at 22:00 and got off the boat and headed for the city. We got a room in sort of a dump motel but we were too tired to look any further for a better one. We are going to meet up with my buddy myles again tomorrow for a visit then start out for Halifax.

Day 27:Fri Sep 9:Salmonier to Placentia NL

We spent the night at the "Wilds", a golf course resort about an hour from St Johns. It was fairly nice and not too bad of a price. We had breakfast there after calling ahead to book a place in Placentia NL. to be near the ferry at Argentia for the Saturday morning departure. After breakfast we started out and got to Placentia at about 12:00. We wandered around town for a bit and waited till 14:00 to book in to our room. We took a walk on the sea wall and looked around the town. After we booked in I went and washed the bike and got some stuff for the ferry ride on saturday. We then went up to Castle mountain near Placentia where there was a national historic site that displayed the fort that was built to protect the fishing grounds back in the 1700's. It changed hands from French to British a couple of times during some 100 years. After taking a bunch of pictures and looking maround we went back to town and had supper.
When we got back to the hotel there were two members of the "Royal Newfoundland Constabulary-Mounted Patrol at the hotel. They were there with their monts for a parade the next day. I had a good visit with them and their horses. They were both very nice guys and we had a good chat about policing on horseback. They both knew my friend Jerry Mayo who we had met in Ottawa a couplke of weeks ago on our tour of that city.
We watched the first half of the Edmonton vs. Calgary rematch and went to bed at half time....Calgary lost we found out the next day. Placentia is another nice outport town with friendly people and good food. We are starting to get holiday fatigue however and are looking forward to getting home.

The Irish Loop

The first Irish settlers on the Avalon pennisula arrived in the mid 1620s with George Calvert. When Calvert left some remained in this area. Tors Cove with Fox island and bird reserves.












Ferryland dig

Bear Cove where there were numerous shipwrecks. There is one off the coast that you can see that is if you're willing to do the hike.

This is at St Shott's an area near the southern tip of Avalon pennisula known for the North America's most southern herds of caribou. We saw a few hut like cabins that we assumed were for hunting?


St Vincent's 7 minutes later Newfoundland time - after seeing the scrub bush on 1 side and the miniature spruce on th'other side.



7minutes later Newfoundland time- scenery after seeing the caribou.

Day 26 Tors Cove around Irish Loop to Salmonier River

During the night it began to rain. (I guess the prayers hadn't yet reached the being in charge of weather.) It was still raining in the am. As a precaution Terry put 'old Yellow" up by the gate in case the rock turned to mud. We decided that we would continue around the Irish Loop come rain or shine. Our first impression of it last night is that with the hills and all the green it looked like what we imagined Ireland to be. We were told that the dialects can be pretty strong. last night when we pulled up at a grocery store in Bay Bulls the guys that were talking to us didn't have a dilect at all. It turned out they were all from Ontario. In the store was a different matter, you couldn't even eavesdrop on the gossip. I can't figure out which is more difficult language in Quebec or some parts of NL esp. the Irish Loop (at times). In Quebec you can quite openly say that you can't understand and that their English is better then our French but what do you say here?! I ask once more and then that's all. Terry and I just smile and nod. We had supper in St Mary's and the girl asked if we wanted a drink. I asked her what kind of beer they had, because they often don't have my favorite - Honey Brown Quidi-Vidi. It sounded like she said old cans of blue. Later Terry interpreted for me "We have all the Canadian beers and all the Blue beers." We drove out of the rain but not the wind (Lethbridge has nothing on NL) and later stopped at Ferryland for a coffee. Oh okay we had carrot cake also. Note: I don't know if it's a individual owner thing or don't drink coffee much but you are real lucky if you get 2 cups of coffee in some restaurants. We like to make those rest stops and Terry definately gives them their moneys worth in conversation not to mention tips. At Ferryland there is an archeological dig of a settlement started by Calvert. There is also a tourist center and museum. These are quite frequent in NL, some are free, some are nominal fees and some are expensive if you are not a all dayer person. The woman that owned the restaurant warned us that there wasn't much between there and St Mary's. Her husband work in AB -it's beginning to be a familiar song. After we left Ferryland the topgraphy changed to a very flat tundra plateau (Terry's description). I think it might even beat Sask for flatness. We met a few caribou. They have neat hoofs-splayed looking. This is near a seabird santuary. This area of NL has alot of areas if you are into bird/whale/puffins (etc) watching and hiking. It took quite awhile to drive out of this but again over the hill it just changed-crazy. The road was a nice curvy road but oh so tough on the passenger because of the constant holes or attempted fixes. We made a stop at St Vincent's and explored the beach. It was along a seabreak between 2 communities. To get off the topic again, communities here just run into each other. It must be historical because there is no noticeable change except for a sign. The names are neat though. I've been looking for a book on the names of NL towns. No luck so far. St Vincent's sounds like the place to be in June/July. maybe the next time. We were getting later then we expected and began to look for accomodation. It was getting dusk and there supposedly are moose in NL! We finally saw a sign for a B&B at Salmonier. Again we had to drive up a road forever it seemed and through 2 communities and had to stop and ask if it existed because it was taking so long. Finally we found it. It looked so neat. It was called Salmonier convent. It was huge. It was beside an old church so it probably had some nun ghosts wandering around it. There was a light in the vestibule and when you looked through one of the windows there was a huge dining room. The sign said to ring the bell...ring..ring....ring...RING. No answer and the neighbours didn't have lights. Again we asked for info and the friendly, helpful guy (as per usual) phoned someone that worked there. 'It would be open tomorrow...However he told us about a hotel down the road near a golf course. We would have passed it so it was good to get this info. This neighbourhood was Mount Carmel. It seemed to be a ritzy cottage country type of place. It's about 3/4 - 1 hr from St John's. Again we drove and drove until we came to a turnoff that we took out of sheer despertion...hoping. Newfoundlanders aren't big into giving precise directions just willing to give approximates. We drove up and over the hill and there was a golf club that is a hotel. Very nice and quite reasonable considering that it was in an exclusive golf resort. The golf course apparently isn't easy. We doubled the number of people staying that night.

Signal Hill & St.Johns to Tors Cove Sept 06/06

We got up this morning in our hotel in St Johns and got packed and then met Brian's sister Lorraine in the coffee shop for breakfast. She was very nice and gave us the keys to her cottage at Tors Cove. Judy and I then left for a bit of a tour of the inlet before St John's and then we went to Signal Hill. From that spot you can also see the old cannon batterys where they used to protect the harbour back in the 1700's. Across the way was Fort Amherst. We also saw a big IRVING oil tanker come in the harbour while we were on Signal Hill and watched as the small boat took the Harbour pilot out to the tanker. This pilot boards the tanker and brings it in to the harbour very carefully.Then we started heading for Tors Cove We got on the wrong road for a bit but finally got on track and stopped at some outports along the way to the cabin.

Day 25 St John's

We're in St John's. We drove around downtown last night. That was interesting driving . The streets do not go in straight lines. They go way up (chug, chug) and down again. The same street changes names umpteen times. It's difficult for both driver aqnd navigator. We went to the famous Ches's Fish and Chip joint and then to George steet when we finally found it. If you are on an up street there are numerous steps to take you down to the next street. George street is known for the amount of bars on this one little street. It was pretty tame last night. We went to an Irish bar, O'Tooles, and there was a live 3 person band. They were quite good. They played Irish/Newfoudland music for my little niece they played Sara). We went back to the hotel by some convuluted trip-got lost more then we wanted! We met a friend's (from work) sister this morn at our hotel. In true Newfoundlander mode they offered us the use of her cabin which is near St John's. She bought us her keys and maps and lists of things to see and do. We will most certainly try to do it all if the weather permits. We will not be in range of internet probably until we are on the ferry. We will catch the ferry either Sat am or Mon nite(2345). Our decision will probably be affected by the weather. It sure is testing us. We will also have to take into consideration theweather for the trip home -damn hurricanes! It doesn't look that great. How about a group prayer fro good weather for Judy and Terry!

Day 25 St John's

We're in St John's. We drove around downtown last night. That was interesting driving . The streets do not go in straight lines. They go way up (chug, chug) and down again. The same street changes names umpteen times. It's difficult for both driver aqnd navigator. We went to the famous Ches's Fish and Chip joint and then to George steet when we finally found it. If you are on an up street there are numerous steps to take you down to the next street. George street is known for the amount of bars on this one little street. It was pretty tame last night. We went to an Irish bar, O'Tooles, and there was a live 3 person band. They were quite good. They played Irish/Newfoudland music for my little niece they played Sara). We went back to the hotel by some convuluted trip-got lost more then we wanted! We met a friend's (from work) sister this morn at our hotel. In true Newfoundlander mode they offered us the use of her cabin which is near St John's. She bought us her keys and maps and lists of things to see and do. We will most certainly try to do it all if the weather permits. We will not be in range of internet probably until we are on the ferry. We will catch the ferry either Sat am or Mon nite(2345). Our decision will probably be affected by the weather. It sure is testing us. We will also have to take into consideration theweather for the trip home -damn hurricanes! It doesn't look that great. How about a group prayer fro good weather for Judy and Terry!

Day 24 St John's NFLD Sept 5

Woke up this morning and yep it's windy and raining. Day to do laundry, blog and change oil in Big Yellow. We went for breakfast. They have unique options here. Of course I had to try something different.


Kippers for breakfast. I'm still paying for that! We are on the second floor and when you look out the window you see the roof of the first floor and if you look closely you see across the fence a the parking lot. That is how hilly it is here. We drove through downtown St John's last night. It looks so neat. Streets are like San Francisco. The houses are right up against each other and every colour of the rainbow. If it stops raining it will be neat to see.

Day 23 Robert's Arm to St John's NL Sept 4

Although we received another invite from our gracious hosts to stay and taste Fisherman's Brewis made from the cod caught the nite before we had to decline and head for St John's. The forecast has been rain for Tuesday and I have found that the weather network's forecasts to be quite accurate. We didn't want to drive through the rain (as it turns out that would have happened if we delayed another day). Although it was a 6-7 hr drive to St John's it took us until 7pm to get in a motel-which is right on time for us. We stopped for a coffee in the am and they had something called a Mess on the menu. I had seen this on a snack truck so we ordered it. It is chips covered with fried ground beef and onions, mozzarella cheese and topped with gravy and fried weiners. At first it was Ok then turned to "nope I can't have any more of that!". They also had Cod's Tongue and although we didn't try it that early in the morning the waitress showed us what a cod tongue looks like -it is broader then what I imagined and it had a jelly like covering. The drive to St John's took us through some cottage and camping areas that look nice. At Grand Falls-Windsor (2 towns turned into one)we drove around the Grand Falls part.Didn't seem to be too much there. Passed a ferry sign to Fogo Island -hi Gerry. We stopped at Gander and looked at some airplanes on display at a museum. We wnet through Terra Nove national park. There were larger trees there. We went by a place called Goobies -didn't stop to eat. Went through Come By Chance which is hugely oil industry. I just read in the newspaper that a company from AB bought it for 1.5 billion. We were travelling in a big wind all day. When you came to a clearing it would just whip me - had to hold onto my helmet. We passed a moonscape and over the hill was trees. By the way the trees are bent on the east side of the island too. After we booked our room we walked around looking for something to eat. It turnrd out that our Hotel -Capitol- was the best option. Terry tried the cod tongues here. It was tasty but I could only manage 3 I think that jelly covering was affecting me. I had cod with the pork fry ups -scrunchions. Then we had partridge berry pie. We were watching the football game in the pub. Oh yes some more newfie beers - Honey brown (very good by Quidi Vidi) and some number 1812 beer. We then rolled to our room.

Day 22 Rocky Harbour to Robert's Arm Sept 3

We specifically went to Robert's Arm
because a gal from a bank that Terry deals with offered us a coffee with her mom and dad. They live in Robert's Arm. They are great people. The funny thing is after we were there for awhile he gave an invitation to Terry for us to stay and unbeknownst to him, his wife gave me an invitation to stay. We had supper with them and then they took (us)Terry cod fishing at Pilley's Island near Long Island. They went out in a little boat and managed not to get swamped when the bigger boats crossed their path. Terry caught 2 cod. They were quite disappointed that the whales weren't in the bay. I guess there were 3 of them the night before, They see whales often from their living room window. What a view they have and somewhat like us with the Rockies, they don't even notice it! We came in after dusk. That was the second last night of recreational cod fishing. This is the first year since the cod moratorium that the gov't has allowed people to catch cod for their own personal use. They are allowed 5 cod per day and only 15 cod per boat even if more then 3 people are aboard. If you get caught "poaching" you lose your boat, truck, fish and get a hefty fine. Apparently there has been very few violations. We learned a few more words - our decks are referred to as "bridge" (I guess that is correct as it serves as a bridge between the steps and the house), a wave that is made by another boat is a lop, bakeapples(these were picked in Laborador where they are bigger and tastier)and partridge berries are wild berries that can be perserved and used as jam, fruit, ice cream topping. We had both. The partridge berry reminded us of cranberry -tart but tasty. Terry had this piece of toast with bakeapples. These generous people took us into their home and treated us royally. They are great fun and we hope to meet again.

Newfie Sayings

Day 21 Rocky Harbour, NL - Sept 2(Western Brook Pond)

We took a boat tour at Western Brook Pond in Gros Morne park. This is a must thing to do. We had to drive to Western Pond and then we walked in about 3 kms to the boat. The boat trip was 2.5 hrs and was spectacular. (I'm going to run out of superlatives!) This area was formed from numerous glaciers passing over it over millions of years. (1250 million -who's counting?) This is how the break to form the gorge occurred. There is only a small creek feeding into the "pond". The marsh/land between the ocean and pond formed when the glaciers melted and the release of weight from the ice caused the land to rise. Therefore the pond was isolated from the ocean. It takes 15 years for the water in this pond to replace itself whereas in other lakes this occurs 4 -5 times a year. There were alot of neat facts on this tour...to follow. After the tour we biked up to Cow's Head and had a beer in the pub. This was Saturday. One thing I noticed about the bars here is that the entertainment is chiefly on Friday nights and it starts no earlier then 930 pm. This bar it was 1030 pm. So far I haven't seen one! We headed back to Rocky Harbour for the night. On Sunday morn it's "On the road again". (I can't wait to get on the road again...can you hum?)

Tablelands

This is the tablelands in Gros Morne park. It is like the ocean floor. NL has so many different landscapes. It changes so fast. At times you'll see a moonscape and by the time you're ready to take a picture it is a miniature forest.

Toutons in NFLD or Dumpfnoodles in Sask.

Toutons are served with dark molasses and dumpfnoodles are served with plum fruit. mmmm!

Day 20:Fri Sep 1-Cornerbrook to Rocky Harbour

We woke up this morning to heavy overcast skies and intermitant rain. We got underway about 10:30 and headed east on the TCH towards Rocky Harbour. The wind was pretty strong but there was no rain. We stopped in Deer Lake for breakfast. We then headed east on #430 towards Rocky Harbour. This is the entrance to Gros Morne National Park. On the way we took a side road # 431 to Trout River which is an outport on the coast. On the way there we went by the "Table lands" which is a large outcropping of rock that was pushed up out of the ocean floor millions of years ago. We then continued on to Trout River. It was a very quaint outport village where we toured a couple of heritage buildings and then had a very good cod supper. We then rode back out to # 430 and headed for Rocky Harbour on the coast. The weather was quite a bit better later in the day and it was pretty good travelling. We got to Rocky Harbour and booked into our motel which is very nice. We spent the night watching the BC vs. Montreal football game.