EV Road Trip Day 26
FERRY DAY! Nice camaraderie over breakfast with 2 other couples around ferries and Newfoundland. Got some good tips and dispelled some commonly held misinformation about EVs and then we headed for the North Sydney Marine Atlantic Ferry Terminal and got an important early slot on the lineup. First In First Out, as it turned out. This was a very efficient logistics crew! The Ferry is enormous and we got out 45 minutes early. The weather was perfect and the seas were calm. The 7-hour ride was comfortable. It was not crowded. We stored our stuff in our cabin and secured a table on deck 7 right in the front. About 4 hours into it, I retired to the cabin for an hour-long nap, which somewhat refreshed me. We pulled into the Terminal at Channel-Port-Aux-Basques, Newfoundland & Labrador, early and then watched in awe as the crew flawlessly docked and off boarded. We were one of the first cars off the ferry and hightailed it to Corner Brook.
When we arrived at Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador, we found that our watches, phones and iPads were 30 minutes ahead. Come to find out that Nova Scotia is Atlantic Daylight Time and Newfoundland is Newfoundland Daylight Time, which is, oddly, only a half-hour ahead…huh? Well, it seems that the Newfoundland Time Zone is the only active time zone with a half-hour offset. So interesting. Here are a few other interesting things:
“The heritage here is English, Irish, French, and Indigenous combined into a unique language and culture. The Dictionary of Newfoundland English was first published in 1982 and contains hundreds of words and phrases you'll find nowhere else. Example: “Who knit you?” means who are your parents and where are you from? Local performances include storytelling, unique musical styles, theatre, and comedy. Here are soms short videos that explain: https://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/.../people-and-culture
Here are a few other interesting facts about the place…
Newfoundland and Labrador has a reputation for being friendly. Warm and welcoming, fun loving and funny to the core, the people here are also known for their natural creativity, unique language, and knack for storytelling. Perhaps that's why Maclean’s magazine thinks Newfoundland and Labrador has one of the Top 10 Friendliest Cultures in the World! Living out on the edge of North America, our population spent many years isolated from much of the world. We took the heritage of our English, Irish, French, and Indigenous ancestors and created a culture that’s one of a kind. And you can see that expressed not only in the people, but in the rich, colourful environment we created around us. In our architecture, in our crafts, in the names of our towns, and even in the way we built our roads – it’s all a bit off-kilter.
National Geographic has noted Newfoundland as one of the Top 50 Places of a Lifetime.”
We arrived at our hotel, the Hew & Draw (more about that tomorrow) just before sunset, plugged in to their free charger, and enjoyed a nice dinner before turning in.
