Tuesday - July 24, 2007

The sun was shining at 5:30 this morning but by about 8 it was clouded over and remained like that the rest of the day. We decided to tour Codroy Valley today and had a nice day and enjoyed touring around. We drove out to the lighthouse at Cape Anguille (our pictures of it weren’t good) then drove down to Cape Ray and back into Port aux Basques.

We went into the general store here at Codroy, and it was quite interesting as it had a little bit of everything from souvenirs, to groceries to a liquor store but the prices were quite high and there wasn’t one bit of fresh fruit or veggies. We found a Price Chopper in Port aux Basques so will stop tomorrow and stock up before heading on to Stephenville on Thursday.

We had noticed two RV’s from Ontario come in this morning about 10 and set up just behind us a bit. When we got back this afternoon one of the trucks came by and the fellow waved and I thought both he and the truck license looked familiar (the license is personalized), then a couple of minutes later he came back and said your Carolyn aren’t you. It turned out to be Frank McColeman from the Elora area and he and Nancy were here with another couple, Bob & Bonnie Daigle from Guelph/Eramosa. Frank asked us over for a drink so we had a great visit and got lots of helpful hints for things to see and do. They have been on the island for 3 weeks and are taking the ferry back tomorrow morning so had lots to tell us. It was great seeing them, small world. I hadn’t seen Nancy and Frank in quite a number of years, then ran into them last summer at Green Acres so it was nice to meet up with them again.