Destination unknown...?

[rotor]

Day 13: first day on the island

Morning in Port aux Basques is miserable. Fog and drizzle, occasionally turning to full rain for the first 220 km. Around Corner Brook it improves, there is a few minutes of sun, but only enough to be able to see the snow in the gullies on the mountains to the East of the road:


But the rain seems to be done for the day, and the rest (of the 350 or so) kilometers to the Rocky Harbour is entirely pleasant, if somewhat chilly ride:

Actually, 430 from TransCanada to (and somewhat past) Rocky Harbour is not unlike Victoria to Port Renfrew. (But then, any road winding by the coastline has it's charms, even in drizzle and 12 deg. centigrade).

Next? depends on the weather, and there is no promise of any improvement for at lest next two days...

p.s., I'm making note of practical questions asked (e.g., the eternal dilemma: on the side-stand or on the center-stand on ferries - heck, where I come from, wars have been fought over that one and will try to address those in a practical-lessons-learned-from-the-journey-and-hard-data story-concluding post - if there seems to be any interest).

Checkerboard CBs are the best looking ones to date, in my opinion.

Tanks. Unfortunately, on the pictures in this thread, there is almost always some ugly piece of luggage or piece of gear on it. And I am often simply to lazy to lift the old girl on the center-stand for the photo. And rarely do I have time to wait for an unsuspecting passer-by to press into service of pressing the shutter button if I want the rider included