Day 5 Back to Furby's Cove

Well it was fun to have our day in the big city but it also felt good to be going home ... oops, I mean to Arnie and Rita's place. 

It is sooooo quiet here and somehow we both need just a few more days without the busy-ness and info overload of our lives in the civilized world in Kitchener.  Sigh...... 

There was less traffic this time, even on the Trans Canada, but then again it's a Tuesday and our trip out to St. John's was a Sunday. We did see several cars parked here and there along the road with either jars or baskets of what looked like fruit on their hood. Blair had told us that the jars are probably partridge berry preserves or bakeapple (a type of berry also known as cloudberry). And I am guessing that the baskets held blueberries and  raspberries. There were tons and tons of blueberries along the trail we walked with Blair last night and we made sure we got a good sampling!

 

We stopped for lunch in Gander and had, you guessed it, fish and chips! (Karl is so predictable!)

Interesting to note that as we drove, there were places that looked familiar along the road, especially Route 360 that goes south from Gander! Oh my goodness, when they say 'bump', they seriously mean "slow down a lot!"!! And we did, but thank God had Arnie warned us! We drove the last 2 hours on Route 360 and probably only saw 15 or 20 cars, most of which were going at speeds that made us look like we were crawling!

Well, by 6 pm. we arrived, road weary, and happy to be back 'home', in Furby's Cove. A quick supper of chicken (poor deprived Karl, no fish) and we headed out for a walk to rev up the numbers on our fitbits. We wouldn't want Rita to get too far ahead but she is doing rather well in spite of our efforts!

By the way, Karl has already taken fish and scallops out of the freezer for tomorrow!