Wednesday, July 6: Ferry from Gaultois
to Hermitage at 8, 10, 12, 5:15 or 6:45, 1 hr 30 min, $1.20
It
was decidedly cooler back in Hermitage when we debarked from the Terra Nova. I
had booked three double beds and a cot at for $80 plus tax, each. (880-4444
Shirley housekeeper, 883-2427, Laura and Ward, 883-2209) at Hickey’s Inn.
Locals
directed us to a house, but it turned out to not be the correct location. After
a call asking for directions, we found the second location on the corner of the
main road behind the school. The place was a bit iffy looking from the outside
with no windows on the front and no landscaping. But inside, there were new hardwood
floors, fresh paint and a pool table for the children in a huge foyer. The
place is mainly rented to visiting workers – there were three staying there
with us who had come to build a new water tower.
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| Picnic in Hermitage |
Staff
were very friendly and we were welcome to eat anything we found in the fridge.
Homemade bread and jam, pie, cake. We made our own breakfast with eggs, bread,
cereal provided. We had to buy our own milk, but the supermarket is not a far
drive. We had supper at Light Keeper’s Diner across the main road, just a
five-minute walk from our inn.
We
also had use of a washer and dryer. It turned out to be a great place for one night.
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| Seal Cove Beach with its dinosaur rocks |
The
highlight of our time in Hermitage was actually our side trip to Seal Cove,
about a 20-minute drive down the road. The beach there is covered with
gargantuan beach rocks that resemble dinosaur eggs. One token seal bobbed in
the bay. We could have continued down a bumpy dirt road to the resettled
community of Pass Island, but the van was heavy with seven passengers so we
stayed in Seal Cove and walked a beautiful boardwalk through a bakeapple bog as
far as the government wharf. Highly recommend the side trip to Seal Cove.
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