Day 47 - North Sydney, Nova Scotia

Today, Monday, July l6th, was a very uneventful day - so far!  I did laundry, ironed, cleaned up the RV, got caught up on e-mails,, packed for our cruise, and took a walk with Wendy and Wayne.  That part was very nice as we walked along the bay.  Actually got in a 6 mile walk.  We had to exercise so we could eat tonight.  The Staff prepared Nacho's for us at 5:30 prior to our travel briefing. Our Staff does a great job feeding us - why we bother to buy any food is beyond me.

We saw a family of ducks while walking and some pretty wild flowers as we walked to the Park.  We couldn't believe it when we got to the park as there were children in the water - a bit too cold for us but they seemed to be having a great time.

There are no other pictures at this point in the day (who wants to see me slaving away washing floors on my hands and knees); however, I will have a couple in the next several hours - 8:30 to be exact as we are leaving the campground and going to the Port to get on the Ferry that will take us to New Foundland.  It will be a l6 hour cruise.  We depart at midnight and arrive in NF at about 3 p.m. Yes, we do take the RV's on as we will be in NF and Labrador for l9 days.  We will have a cabin for the night.  Both breakfast and lunch will be supplied - in other words, we've already paid for them.  It is a gloomy and very windy day so hopefully the North Atlantic Ocean won't be too rough.

We were ready at 8:45 P.M. to take our place on our ship; however, instead of boarding at l0:30 as we were told, we didn't get on until ll:45.  Some of the people fell asleep and had to be awakened to move their rigs on the ship.  The Ferry did leave at l2:30 as scheduled.  We were some of the last vehicles to board the Ferry.

We finally got on the ferry and above is a picture of us going on as well as the Ferry itself.  It wasn't very fancy but all we needed was somewhere to sleep and a bathroom to shower, etc. and it worked very well.  We checked out the Ferry so we knew where to go for breakfast, etc.   

Because of the time, we all went to our cabins and were asleep in minutes.  Good Night!!!  Will be in touch next from New Foundland.