{"id":750,"date":"2015-07-06T20:02:51","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T00:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.7hannahs.net\/wordpress\/?p=750"},"modified":"2017-07-17T19:47:32","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T23:47:32","slug":"day-55-glovertown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.7hannahs.net\/wordpress\/blog\/2015\/07\/06\/day-55-glovertown\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 56 – Glovertown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 56 – Glovertown, Newfoundland (Thursday, July 2, 2015)<\/p>\n

Today was only a 155 km day. Well, compared to yesterday it was short. What I hadn’t been prepared for were the hills (I had been spoiled by the flat terrain from Deer Lake to Grand Falls) and the head wind of 26 km.<\/p>\n

I arrived in Gander, my lunch time destination, at 2 pm; two hours late and had a quick lunch at a roadside Subway. \u00a0Even though I was running late for the day I spent about 2 1\/2 hours in Gander exploring the airport museum and visiting the airport frozen in time. This was a place that I heard about with interest and was determined not to miss.<\/p>\n

I arrived in Glovertown after 8pm, much later than normal. I haven’t visited all the small sea side town’s in Newfoundland but\u00a0I sense that Glovertown may be typical; somewhat isolated, welcoming, and just starting to cater to outside visitors. I \u00a0bought some real food at the grocers and ordered a sub at a local pizza shop since all the restaurants were closed. \u00a0I may have turned out to be the talk of the town for the evening. \u00a0One interesting kid found that I had traveled on a “pedal bike” all the way from Vancouver. He repeated it to anyone he knew passing by.<\/p>\n

I stayed the night at Lilac Inn B+B. This is the most fitting name for a place to stay at the end of my cross country tour. Another name for my tour could be the lilac tour. Although lilacs only flower for a week or two I have seen a flowering lilac almost every day for more that 50 days from the middle of British Columbia to Newfoundland.<\/p>\n

Keith the owner, is a proper English host. I was served tea and cookies before crashing. Although some of the B+B\u200e frills I find silly, that was a nice touch.<\/p>\n