Dear Everyone Day 2,
We awoke to a puddle under Tobi's mattress which had soaked up the bottom of her sleeping bag and onto the top of her mattress. Grumpy we showered and got ready for the day, figuring it was just easiest to get breakfast in town rather than get rained on. So we headed off...in the wrong direction. Halfway to Lanse aux meadows we deterimined our issue and headed off the other direction, finally reaching the long awaited town of St. Anthony. And I can't say it was anything like I expected. A town of no traffic lights and two single men doing construction on their main road, I'm surprised the town even manages to run.
Travelling along the main road we discovered our lacking choice of food and turned into the new Jungle Jim's five minutes before they stopped serving breakfast. Having a quick meal we decided to do some driving and ended up going about the coves surrounding the area. Eventually we came upon a small house in Ship cove that had a small inviting sign saying "tea coffee art". We climbed the stairs and found the porch set with soaked tables and chairs. Just as I was saying it looks closed a misses opened the front door and invited us in for coffee and to view the art.
Needless to say we spent two and a half hours speaking to a woman who had traveled the world, spoke some Russian to me as soon as I mentioned my degree and showed us some beautiful photographs of clothes lines around the island. We eventually said our farewells and headed back to camp praying our tent had dried.
Upon our arrival we found a pool of water in the bottom of our tent. Scrambling we grabbed our things and threw them into the car unsure of what to do with our limited supply of three towels. We headed in towards town and called mother Andi in distress. Hanging up five minutes later with her laughing at our state we called a B&B and reserved a room. We went into town and lugged our wet stuff into the room before heading to a nice restaurant in a hotel and had a home cooked meal with an amazingly thick crust pie. And now I sit happily warm on a comfortable bed after having a bath in brownish hued water. Tonight shall be restful.
Sincerely,
Yvette
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