Yet another trip to Port Aux Basques
Mar. 20th, 2007 01:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anigoGale to storm force northwesterlies will develop over northeastern waters overnight or Wednesday morning. Marine interests are advised that storm warnings are continued for Banquereau..Cabot strait..Gulf-Magdalen eastern half and Anticosti eastern half. Gale warnings are continued for all other marine areas.
Freezing spray warnings are continued for Fundy.. Grand Manan..
Eastern shore.. Sable.. Fourchu.. Cabot strait and Gulf of St Lawrence waters.
Marine interests are advised that heavy pounding surf will coincide with high tides along the Fundy coast of Nova Scotia tonight. Storm and freezing spray warnings continued.
Freezing spray over open water beginning overnight and persisting on Wednesday. Temperatures near minus 2 rising to near 3 this afternoon then lowering to near minus 6 overnight.
Outlook for Thursday...Strong southwesterlies increasing to Gale force southerlies.
Gales and heavy pounding surf. Sounds like a puke-fest waiting to happen.
Spending another week doing training on the great ocean and in the outports of Newfoundland. (haven't reached Port Aux Basques yet, Em, if you get the bus now....)
Random muising to follow:
1) Apparently when I need to take the ferry across the Strait there's a prerequiste that there needs to be freezing rain and gale force winds. Nice
2) The company is going to pay the extra $45 (though they don't know it yet) to allow me to stay in the hotel room for the day while I wait for the ferry to leave (at 11 tonight) as opposed to sitting in my car, or worse yet, the ferry terminal for the day.
3) There are a couple of things I need to do to make being away from home nicer. First, I need to crank the heat in the hotel room (or ferry cabin) to as high as it will possibly go. Second, I need to purchase real milk or cream ahead of time so I can use the coffee maker in the room and not have to drink the powdered shite. Third, I take advantage of extra blankies.
4) There appears to be only ONE restaurant on either this side or the other side of the strait that knows how to make anything other than fast food, french fries, pizza or chineese food. This is the only restaurant that offers a meal that has protein, carbs *and* vegetables (without deep frying any of them - what a concept). I haven't been to this restaurant yet this trip. Hopefully (if the weather lets up) I'll get to go there for supper, but as it's about half an hour in the OTHER direction from the boat, the weather will HAVE to let up otherwise I won't have time and will need to eat deepfriedchineesepizza.
I had a cavity filled the other day and my tooth aches now. Just thought I'd share.
Freezing spray warnings are continued for Fundy.. Grand Manan..
Eastern shore.. Sable.. Fourchu.. Cabot strait and Gulf of St Lawrence waters.
Marine interests are advised that heavy pounding surf will coincide with high tides along the Fundy coast of Nova Scotia tonight. Storm and freezing spray warnings continued.
Freezing spray over open water beginning overnight and persisting on Wednesday. Temperatures near minus 2 rising to near 3 this afternoon then lowering to near minus 6 overnight.
Outlook for Thursday...Strong southwesterlies increasing to Gale force southerlies.
Gales and heavy pounding surf. Sounds like a puke-fest waiting to happen.
Spending another week doing training on the great ocean and in the outports of Newfoundland. (haven't reached Port Aux Basques yet, Em, if you get the bus now....)
Random muising to follow:
1) Apparently when I need to take the ferry across the Strait there's a prerequiste that there needs to be freezing rain and gale force winds. Nice
2) The company is going to pay the extra $45 (though they don't know it yet) to allow me to stay in the hotel room for the day while I wait for the ferry to leave (at 11 tonight) as opposed to sitting in my car, or worse yet, the ferry terminal for the day.
3) There are a couple of things I need to do to make being away from home nicer. First, I need to crank the heat in the hotel room (or ferry cabin) to as high as it will possibly go. Second, I need to purchase real milk or cream ahead of time so I can use the coffee maker in the room and not have to drink the powdered shite. Third, I take advantage of extra blankies.
4) There appears to be only ONE restaurant on either this side or the other side of the strait that knows how to make anything other than fast food, french fries, pizza or chineese food. This is the only restaurant that offers a meal that has protein, carbs *and* vegetables (without deep frying any of them - what a concept). I haven't been to this restaurant yet this trip. Hopefully (if the weather lets up) I'll get to go there for supper, but as it's about half an hour in the OTHER direction from the boat, the weather will HAVE to let up otherwise I won't have time and will need to eat deepfriedchineesepizza.
I had a cavity filled the other day and my tooth aches now. Just thought I'd share.