Jim woke us up at 8:30 so we could all have breakfast together before we left. The coffee and peanut butter taost was delicious. I am going to miss Jim and Lillian. We loaded up the van and then drove up Torbay Road to meet Ken and get the directions to his cabin in Colinet. We may be using it Friday when we get back. Sounds like getting there will be an adventure. I just love dirt roads! Funny, he greeted us this morning with " So, where are ya to?" I just giggled. Ken thought I was nuts I guess. Habitat for Humanity is building a clump of house in his neighborhood. They are trying to get it all done in a week. Should be interesting.
It looked very threatening. Of course, other days have looked this way and turned out fine. One thing abuot the Newfoundland weather - if you don't like it, stick around for a half-hour and it'll change! It DID change, but not for the better. We saw the first daytime rain since we've been here. It rained so hard on the TCH I really had to reduce my speed so I wouldn't be hydroplaning. Vic drifted in and out of sleep since he had just about stayed up all night. I had a ball palying Great Big Sea's Something Beautiful, Jim's In This World and Michelle Doyle's Debut CDs. Sang to my heart's content. But in Vic's tired state he was confused when I put in Vince Collins's Lifting Out the Stove CD. He thought it was fiddle music! LOL! I love Vince's accordion music and stories and love even more trying to pick out the instruments Bob Hallett is playing on this CD he produced. Go Bob!
Stopped in Clarenville, home of my favorite partridgeberry muffins, and ate at Rob's Restaurant on Memorial Drive. The fish was out of this world, the chips were mediocre. Vic talked about getting a flight to Labrador as it was looking like the ferry would be too much trouble. I was half paying attention as GBS's Clearest Indication was playing on the radio. I think I have heard that song more times than any other GBS song here in Canada. The special of the day was the "Sally Ann" special. I thought it was a GBS reference to the song of the same name on their latest album, but Vic informed me that Sally Ann is the nickname for the Salvation Army. Ahhh! OK - that made more sense to me since the profits were going to Sally Ann. |
