Moping Monday at SugarHill Inn in Gros Morne

We are sitting here in our room in the inn mid-afternoon in the pouring rain. We did try to make a start this morning, but the rain sent us back here. And the weather does not sound too much better for the next week.... Although tomorrow has a chance of breaks in the clouds vs. today's threats of thunderstorms. At any rate, no kayaking out in the fjords I'm quite sure!

After another nice breakfast at George House, we headed out by about 10 am yesterday (Sunday) for our drive. We were not quite sure how long to expect to be driving - the google map estimate of 9 hours we guessed was high - but we ended up with just over a 6 hour drive, so it was much milder than expected.
We started in the fog and driving rain, and luckily they cleared way to just plain old overcast for the majority of the drive. But we did spot our first moose - no photo unfortunately but hopefully we'll see more - but only from a distance as the sign entering Gros Morne indicated 15 car/moose meetings this season in the park! Mike did the whole drive except for the last 20km from the park info centre. I got off quite easy! We stopped just before our destination at a lookout point with a small hike to a viewpoint and the rain held off as we took our view.

We had not stopped for lunch, so headed into Norris Point for gas and to check out restaurants soon after arriving- but ended up going into Rocky Harbour where we found a great little spot.


Java Jack's is run by a mother and her daughters who moved here from Jasper when the husband/father was transferred here from Jasper, Alta. Mike had the salad with fresh from their garden greens, pears, walnuts, and blue cheese along with seared scallops in a mango curry. I had a house salad and the bubbly bake - a very yummy dish full of lobster, shrimp, scallop, fish in a bubbling cream sauce. Along side we had a 1/2 bottle of rioja - very nice meal and ambiance.


This morning we passed on the early ferry across to the other side of the bay since it was raining so heavily (and foggy). And then when the rain and fog persisted, we even passed on the noon ferry. We did stop in the local bakery however. It was attached to the grocery outlet and when we asked for the bakery we were lead out the back through a storage room to a back room where the bakers where busy. Quite funny actually. But they did have some fresh baked cookies which were not out in the store so we picked up a pack of the along with a fresh loaf of bread and some cheese from the store. We were luckily able to comply with the check out sign indicating payment now required - no more credit will be honoured beyond 2 weeks.



So here we sit listening to the pouring rain - drinking a beer and updating the blog. We'll probably read books, watch a movie and enjoy dinner here in the inn. And hope the weather improves....but we are relaxing even if we aren't getting any exercise.