Today was our last day on the rock, with over 600 kms to the Port Aux Basques ferry terminal from Gander. Can we talk about something other than the weather?? One last chat: We awakened at 7 to drizzle and fog and the temperature hovering around 5 degrees. Newfoundland was determined to have the last say, the weather deteriorating the further west we travelled, the island proclaiming her last hurrah as mystical climate goddess. Heavy fog bid a final farewell; angry winds waved furiously at times; relentless rain stepped in for one last kiss. And then in the last minutes of our ride and without warning, the sun came out of nowhere like a sultry temptress with sparkly eyes, eager to seduce you on her own terms when you least expected it. As Ian elucidated, to
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