Ready, Set, Go

Yesterday we had a few jobs to do. This is our water heater with the water draining out. We were going to drain this a campground ago and found out the drain plug is also an anti-corrosion anode. So we put off the chore until we could find one. The anode should be replaced yearly.

We bought one two days ago. Can you guess which is the old one? I guess we are a bit late with the change.

New anode in, no leaks.

All buttoned up. Wow, a job that went well, no surprises, no problems!

Yesterday afternoon after Bud had topped off both our truck tanks with diesel, we hitched up. We needed to leave the campground before 6 AM because we’re taking the ferry today and had to check in at 6:30.

We made it, no problem. Here we’re driving into the bow of the ferry. It’s one huge ship.

So for the next 110 miles of our journey we are on the water.

I took this just as we pulled away from the dock. That’s another Marine Atlantic Ferry on the right side of the dock, we had been on the left.

For a bit we watched the shore go by.

But soon this was the view, no icebergs or whales in sight.

So we’re just chilling in our dog-friendly cabin.

Bud packed us a lunch, but grabbed the leftover asparagus instead of the tuna fish, so I guess we’ll wait on lunch. We should be in port before 2:00 Newfoundland time (another half hour earlier than Atlantic).

And now this is our view, so we’re just listening to the ship’s foghorn until we arrive.