Well what a day. We crossed countless train trestles (bridges) over wide rivers...what views. Today we hoped to do 63km but had to stop at 58km since we started a bit late...needed some more sleep because of 3 hours sleep night before. Another delay was we came to a sign in St. Fintans that said trestle out! We talked to several friendly locals who advised us that the bridge was out and the river was high due to a lot of rain. There was no way we weren't getting across. One man said if we walked up the bank of the river about 100ft we could cross the 200ft wide river...well that was all I needed to hear. Terry had a great idea...we should take a long sturdy stick to help balance while crossing. We climbed down the incline, went up the bank 100ft and started across the fast moving river. About half way across we were up almost to our waist. I turned back to look at Yigit...we both raised our sticks in the air and yelled smiling from ear to ear. What an awesome adventure today. Terry has great pics...will upload sometime soon. As my friend Claude would say...live strong my friends...you won't regret it!
All the best everyone
-J
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Run across Newfoundland (883 kim) via the Trans Canada Trail...the old NL railway!
Can't wait to see the photos, keep up the great work.
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