First ride in Newfoundland!

While waiting for the ferry and afterwards I ran into a couple of other bikers. Shawn on a Yamaha FJR, and the other, Keith, on a Harley Sportster (1200 model). They both seemed like some nice folks. Both of them riding the bikes a long distance either to or from home.

Keith reminds me a bit of my dad in his outlook from what I can tell at this point.  :-)

We both were riding the same direction after the ferry and both landed at the same hotel here in town: the Comfort Inn.

I hadn’t planned on riding for a couple hours in the dark with moose around, but I didn’t have much of a choice. The moment I left St. George’s Bay I was in the middle of nowhere. It was around 50 minutes until we even hit a gas station; the next one was another half hour. It had grown dark while we were getting off the ferry (it made for a wonderful sunset over the water while on the ferry) so I couldn’t really start camping since setting up a camp in patch black painful when you’re not familiar with your surroundings. The next hotel was another hour up the road.

Which brings me here to the Comfort Inn in Corner Brook, Newfoundland!

As a bonus however, I made some good time to my next destination: St. John’s!