Wawa – The Home of the Geese
In the middle of nowhere, we were stopped by police checking for drunk drivers. They were really diligent and spent quite some time chatting with each driver.
We stayed at Wawa RV Resort on the river. It was certainly one of the nicer spots we have stayed in and was filled with RVs and tents. The owner said that there were a lot of people doing their bucket list trip across Canada and we met a few. One lady said there was a 3 week wait for the Newfoundland ferry. I panicked because we hadn’t booked yet so I phoned the ferry and the agent told me at the most there would be a 3 day wait. Not that bad. We could explore Nova Scotia while we waited. But she said that we would be paying roughly $400 each way. Yikes! I have already spent our reserve funds on rig repairs. PEI is $113 return if you take the bridge and the ferry. We may have to look for work!
On our walk to the river with Lucy, we were stopped by a young man who asked if we knew where there was a store close by. They hadn’t brought any supplies with them and were wanting to buy something simple to eat for dinner. Of course, it being our first time, we weren’t familiar with the area and didn’t know how far it was to the actual town of Wawa. I offered them a Sidekick to tide them over. Too funny, they couldn’t find a pot to cook it in and then didn’t have any way to cook it so I offered to cook it for them. When I brought it back to them, turns out the fellow was a Metis artist from Saskatachewan and he gave me a printed art card as a thank you. They were on their way from Quebec to teach at a Francophone school in Red Deer, Alberta.
We ran out of propane so had to run into Wawa to fill up.
