We stayed last night at a campground about one-half hour away from the ferry. So a quick stop for one more Iceberg Beer and off we go. We are trying to find out how much alcohol we can bring into the US and ....what the heck? We arrived at Port Aux Basques and got in the line with lots of other RVs and cars.
Our boat was waiting.
As we waited in line, a man came to each vehicle. He came over to us and said he needed to look inside our vehicle. We opened the door and he asked if we had any potatoes or other root vegetables. We did not. He noticed the box of Iceberg Beer that was sitting on the floor. He said, I cannot let you take that. We need it for Friday night! Then he laughed saying to Les: You should have seen your face! The beer stayed in our possession.
Finally time to board.
The trip was about six hours. There are comfortable lounge chairs. You can also rent a cabin, but for a trip that starts about noon and ends at six, it didn't make sense. All that is in the cabin are beds, not even a place to sit. We read for a while, ate lunch in the restaurant, napped a bit in the area that said No Sleeping, and so it passed.
We arrived in Sydney, Nova Scotia at about 6 PM, after moving our watches back one-half hour. Newfoundland is so special that it has its own time zone.
We decided to drive about two hours and we stopped a bit before 9 at a Walmart. We, or should I say, I, have never been driving that late. But it was still light out and we had been sitting on the ferry all day. There were three other RVs in the lot. We were parked together, like circling the wagons. Well, it wasn't "like" circling the wagons, it WAS circling the wagons. This Walmart even had wifi in the lot . It was some of the best we have had. And our satellite TV is working again.
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