Well...I wake up alive...no "lightning strike" camping next to the church.
It is, of course, raining this morning as always...in all these days of travel, we have only had a tiny handful of sunny days and even fewer dry nights.
Ed and I pack up around 7:30AM and head over to the local "hotel" for coffee and breakfast...good, but pricey like everything else here.
At 9:00AM, we are picked up by a representative of "Nalcor", the local power company that owns and operates the hydro project. Donning safety glasses and hard hats, we head below ground over 90 stories (yes...9-0). We get to see the big generators, escape tunnels...and view a short movie detailing the history of the project. It's fun and only take an hour and a half or so.
And then...we're on the gravel "highway" again for the 150 mile or so drive to Labrador City. The road is about the same as yesterday...so we are averaging between 40 and 50 mph. Once in town, we stop for pizza (terrible) and ice. Then we're off about ten miles out of town to the local campground. It's packed and very primitive...no electric, and it's a ten or fifteen minute walk to the bathroom. We're camped on the beach of a large lake...pretty view, sandy campsite.
After setting up camp, we relax with a few cocktails before dinner...pasta again, a hearty meal. With no electricity, no WiFi and no cell phone service, our "entertainment options are pretty limited. We do listen to my iPod on the rechargeable boombox for awhile before heading off to bed around 10:00PM.
We're staying here an extra day, so we can sleep in tomorrow.
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