[GeoStL] Re: Vacation Update

  • From: Bernie <happykraut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 01:00:51 -0700 (PDT)


Andrew, you might want to figure that one again. I think it is 4 
liters to the gallon and the exchange rate is 94 cents. Bernie
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On Sun Jul 01 14:06:26 PDT 2007, Andrew Senger <asenger@xxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:

> I know Bernie doesn't care, but $1.18CAD/liter is about 
> $4.20US/gallon.
> 
> Andrew (yawetag)
> 
> On 7/1/07, Bernie <happykraut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Hi all, we are now in Labrador. Went geocaching yesterday and 
>> seen
>> a bunch of whales real close to shore. Today we drove up to Red
>> Bay and watched a couple more. Red Bay feels like it is the end 
>> of
>> the world. No more black top roads beyond that. Only gravel clear
>> up to Goose Bay. Over in NFLD I saw a bear and many moose. A sign
>> on the Canada Hwy said that last year there were 660 
>> moose/vehicle
>> colisions. Last night we paid $1.18 Canadian/liter for diesel. I
>> don't even want to know how much that is per gallon US. The ice
>> bergs are so neat. As I'm typing this in my RV, I can see ice
>> bergs when looking out the window. I can't say it enough how
>> friendly the people are here in Labrador and NFLD. Yesterday when
>> I fueld up, the gas station owner told me I could just plug in at
>> his building if I can't find a camground. He does not lock any
>> door except his liquer store. Even his automotive business garage
>> never gets locked.  A total stranger at the camground gave me his
>> home phone number in case I needed help with anything. Another
>> camper took us over to see his 1 million dolar fishing boat. He
>> gave us some fresh cod. The dialect is tough to understand
>> sometimes. Today (7/1) it was 46 Degrees F. One lady at the 
>> dollar
>> store jokingly (I think)told us that their summer was last week.
>> That's all for now.  Bernie
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>> 
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