Date:         Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:39:18 -0230
Reply-To:     Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
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From:         Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Interested in a trip to Newfoundland in 2010?
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On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Paul Guzyk <paullist08@guzyk.com> wrote:

> Maybe by summer 2010 the road from Goose Bay to Cartwright will be
> completed?  Then that ferry becomes a non-issue....but will the highway be
> finished?
>
>
Believe it when I see it!  But I think the trip would be more fun by boat
anyway.


> from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Labrador_Highway
> Phase III, Cartwright Junction to Happy Valley-Goose Bay
> Phase III is a 250 km section currently under construction for $100 million
> (CAD) south of Lake Melville/Hamilton Inlet to connect Cartwright Junction
> (87 km south of Cartwright) with Happy Valley-Goose Bay. A ferry service
> currently connects Cartwright with Happy Valley-Goose Bay, which will be
> removed when the highway is completed, planned for mid-December 2009.
>
> No black flies in mid-late August when we did Labrador in 2006.
> http://www.pauldottrip.com/2006/labwest/labwest.html
>

Truly horrendous in June.  But then I met some pretty horrendous ones just
outside of St. John's a month ago, too.  They like me, the blackflies do.  I
DON'T return the favor.

>
> Amazingly friendly people.  Beautiful scenery, plenty of places to camp for
> free and as Joy says, the coffee sucks, unless you like Tim Hortons...
>

No Tim Horton's either, along many of those routes.  You know it's bad when
you're thrilled to see Tim Horton's because it's going to be better than
what you've been getting!

>
> Would go back in 2010 if we still lived in the east...but it's quite a
> drive from SF to NFLD.
>
>
Details, details...



Joy