Start Watching for Icebergs

I write these words with extreme caution, but today just very well might be “the” day.  As of late last night the computer had been beaten into submission and Windows was accepting whatever we threw at it, in my case literally.  We left it cooking all night and as of 7:00 this morning all seemed well.  So, if indeed this is the case, we leave Halifax today; a wonderful place but it’s beyond time to get going.

We’ve planned the next stop (note cautious words, carefully chosen) to be at the Isle de la Madeleine in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, a few days from here.  Getting there will be a mater of  running NE up the coast and turning in (N) at Canso where further on we’ll have to lock through to the Gulf. One of the decisions we’re facing concerns the relentless fog.  For the past four or five days the viz has been no more than 100 yds.  We’re hoping that if we loop out into the Atlantic rather than do a straight run we may avoid most of the coastal fog, “hope” being the operative word.

It’s at Isle de la Madeleine where the trip takes a more serious note in that this is where we need to start watching for icebergs.  One web site which we’ll be glued to is: http://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/Icebergs/IcebergFinder/IcebergFinder.aspxwhich gives the projected ice coverage for the immediate area.  It’s all of our fervent wishes that all things electrical and mechanical have had their moment of fun as now it’s getting serious.