Monday, beginning of week 5
Ok.....gday! So...I think I left off before the game last night...basically I sat in BP and watched the game...kind of a boring game with an equally boring half time show....capped off by a stupid decision by Durant to end the game. I was chatting on and off with the waiter bout the game and then the Sunday night NFL game. Then off to find a place to park for the night....looked for a place with plug in's...no dice...so I ended up in the Walmart parking lot...slept like shit.
Woke up to an overcast day, and had to make an emergency visit to the Walmart bathroom....got got situation taken care of...then went to wonder and saw some books...one by Kerry Fraiser...the best NHL ref ever...then this woman and her kid look at some books as well...then we started chatting, island life, Canadian politics, my trip, island dialect, finding one's self, and a bunch of other random stuff! Nice people!.....then got a double double, semi planned the route for the day.
I found the oldest lighthouse on the island, red beaches, dunes, tiny little communities, shitty little back roads....thank you Garmin...I made it to the north end of the island and took some nice pics then started the journey south. I was passing Sommerset but not thru according the gps...I'm like...hell no, made a turn and started down main street and saw a bunch of people lining the streets. I park and ask what's going on...Santa Claus parade! I go and put on my long johns and find a spot.....felt good to see a small town Canadian parade! Cold, snow, people and shitty 'floats' lol! It was great!
Made my way outta town and after a few missed turns...I'm not trusting the gps alot right now...I see a flow on the distance...looks like a fire...I'm thinking a slash fire or something...nope...structure fire....I pull up and park...and it's a shed or something...not as big as a house but bigger than a shed...it was half burnt when I got there. So I leave the van to go get some pics. No one really seemed to care so I just looked like was supposed to be there...this is the key. Anyways, I ask a firefighter what happened...he replied that it was a set burn to get rid of the structure Cus is was too expensive to demo. So they did some training on it and then torched it....good times! Got some pics....need a better cam lol! Headed for Charlottetown witch is where I sit now.
And the bar is closing so I must leave...that's the brief update...so I'm going to find a place to sleep tonight better than the walmart parking lot....tomorrow make tracks for Quebec City...bout 1000km...long day tomorrow.
So have a good one every one....Greg out.
