The Green Ferry ~_~

We woke up early to get in line for the ferry. When we got to the car we were surprised to see the humidity reading. 100.2%....IT GOES OVER 100!!?!?!?! Wow.

After going through the toll gates and parking the car in the hold we headed up to the deck to see what could be seen. It was pretty cool, wet out and the wind was starting to pick up so we went back down to see what the cafeteria was offering. Soon after the ferry set sail and we settled down for was seemed like a pretty boring day ahead of us.
Soon though we hit the open water and it started to look like this would be a trip we would like to forget.

The fog got to the point where you could not see more than about 200 metres beyond the boat. IT seems like the chance of seeing any whales in the distance was going to be zero. This kept up all day and did not let up so if we were going to find some entertainment it would not be outside.

As we hit the open ocean the pitching, rolling and heaving of the ship began to take it's toll. I did not feel nachious at all but I did feel ill and uncomfortable. As the hours rolled on the boredom and sickness got to us and we tried just laying down for a while. That helped a lot and made things bearable but still boring.
If I could have slept it would have been better but I just could not sleep in these conditions.

This experience did give me some insight into the plight of those who would have been immigrating from Europe a century ago or soldiers heading off to the world wars. Those ocean trips must have been terrible for some people.

Luckily the trip took less time than we expected but this also meant that we arrived at 1:30 in the morning. It took about an hour to dock and disembark and then we needed to look for a place for the night. All of the towns around the dock were small so we decided to brave the poorly lit and very foggy roads to get to St. Johns which was about 150 km away.
It was slow going at times but we eventually rolled into a hotel around 3:30 and got some much needed sleep.

We had made it all the way east, now we can take things easy for a bit and enjoy the sights.