An Adventure...

This past week I snowmobiled all the way to Goose Bay. Talk about an adventure! It was amazing!

On Thursday, when school ended, Carla and I headed right to Postville and spent the night at her sister's house. The next morning we got up bright and early to head to Goose Bay. We left (Carla, her boyfriend and myself) at 7:00am in the morning on 2 machines and headed out to Goose Bay on the Trans Labrador Trail. The trail, which is a snowmobile trail, was neat in itself... it actually had signs, like actually road signs: turns, steep hills, speed limits, route numbers, and ice crossing.

Carla and I decided that we would take my machine and split the driving. So we did just that. Every hour we switched up, just like the clock. We didn't know what we were going to think about driving machine that far but it turned out to be a very enjoyable experience. We seen the most beautiful things. At one point we kept climbing and climbling and climbing this huge hill when all of sudden we hit the most beautiful spot I have ever pictured in my whole entire life. It was like we had entered a Magical Kingdom! The trees were very tall and burnt, covered in ice crystals. On top of the hill at the time was freezing fog. It was absolutely beautiful. THe only thing is we did not get any pictures. We were behind by a nice bit in our driving and was trying to play catch up but I really don't think the camera would have done justice to what we saw! Anyway, after much beautiful scenery and funny moments... including me getting half way up a steep hill and saying "I don't think I can do this one" as I jumped off and let the machine slip down over the hill. OK... yes, I know... but hey, I only started driving skidoos last year (but Betsy was good and got us through. (Betsy is my machine and Lou Lou is Carla's machine), we finally arrived in Goose Bay 7.5 hours later.

So we stayed in Goose Bay until today at Carla's sister's house. We had a lot of fun. We played games, shopped, bought clothes at Reitman's, ate out (Mary Brown's, KFC, Burger King, Pizza Delight, and Subway... we ate out a lot just because there are no restaurants here so we took advantage) and we got to go to church. It was lovely. Oh... and I got my hair cut, cut right off! I had a fabulous week.

So today we left at 7:00 again, however this time we drove all the way back to our house so it took us a little longer as we only stopped in Postville for an hour... we got back here at 7:00 tonight so it has been a long day. We went 180 miles today so times that by 1.6 and we get 288 km! But enjoyable! It really seemed like we just left when we arrived in Postville. It was a little harder going today since we had over 40 centimeters of snow over the weekend! I would have to say... if you ever have the opportunity to go from Goose Bay to Postville on machine you should do it. It is an amazing experience.

Well... I will post some pictures later! I think for right now I will go to bed. I feel a little tired!

In Faith,
Rebecca