Great Northern Peninsula.
Thursday, July 06, 2006
A huge milestone passed, Wendy has crossed White Bay to make landfall on Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula. She reports good weather and calm seas for the crossing, which I'm willing to bet is a rarity for that particular body of water.
Wendy spent some time at Great Harbour Deep, a village with a sad but all too common provenance where she learned the history of a community's dissolution from folks who've lived through it.
Today is a rest day, as Wendy covered 45 km on Tuesday and 50 more yesterday. She has been rising at 4:00 to take advantage of weather and daylight, so the respite will be welcome.
Wendy reports two firsts over the last couple of days, her first dolphin and her first iceberg sighting! The waters around Bell Island are known as "Iceberg Alley" for good reason, we'll be looking forward to pictures of these blue-white monsters.
Currently, our Wendy is staying at the home of Raymond and Cavell Lane in Englee, and we can now look forward to her next major milestone, turning the corner at L'Anse aux Medows, the oldest European settlement on the continent.
Glenn
Wendy spent some time at Great Harbour Deep, a village with a sad but all too common provenance where she learned the history of a community's dissolution from folks who've lived through it.
Today is a rest day, as Wendy covered 45 km on Tuesday and 50 more yesterday. She has been rising at 4:00 to take advantage of weather and daylight, so the respite will be welcome.
Wendy reports two firsts over the last couple of days, her first dolphin and her first iceberg sighting! The waters around Bell Island are known as "Iceberg Alley" for good reason, we'll be looking forward to pictures of these blue-white monsters.Currently, our Wendy is staying at the home of Raymond and Cavell Lane in Englee, and we can now look forward to her next major milestone, turning the corner at L'Anse aux Medows, the oldest European settlement on the continent.
Glenn


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