Writing this aboard the MV Sir Robert Bond, docked in Cartwright, NL on
Saturday evening (6:30 PM ship’s time). We sail for Goose Bay in an
hour, it’ll take 12 or 13 hours.

Yesterday we drove up the Northern Peninsula from Cow Head to St.
Barbe. From there we took a ferry (over an hour late, sigh) to Blanc
Sablon, QC. I was an idiot and left the portable cooler running in the
car, which meant the battery was dead when the boat docked. But we got
a boost and 3.5 hours later we were in Port Hope Simpson for the night.

The road was almost all unpaved gravel highway, so it was slow (45 mph)
and dirty. In fact, it won’t be until sometime on Monday that we’ll see
paved highway again, save for a stretch here and there through Goose Bay
and Labrador City.

But the landscape is something to experience, and the folks up here are
the best. I highly recommend the Alexis Hotel. Nice rooms, nice food,
great people.

Tonight we sleep on the boat, and tomorrow we hit Goose Bay, NL. No
net, no phone. Ahh, this is nice.