Look very hard just above the waterline.  The first hint of the Avalon yesterday evening as we approached Cape St. Mary’s was a welcome site – shrouded in fog just as expected……..beautiful nonetheless with the battering we took crossing Placentia Bay.   St. Bride’s was our haven.   This morning as we got ready to set sail, a good deed from a week before was returned 😀.  The father of the Captain of the Blue Puttees, who a week ago we had ‘”let in” ahead of us in PAB, recognized our boat as the little vessel who had held back – in turn, he rewarded us with a hearty ziplock bag of fresh cod he was cleaning from his catch just an hour before.

Tonight we enjoyed it cooked on the BBQ just after sunset in Trepassey after we were able to pay it forward – a wonderful man Wayne helped us dock and gave us a load of desperately needed fresh crushed ice for our boat cooler and we gave him some of that fish – he was grateful as were we!

So much to share about the fabulous sail today – glassy sea, sun, birds, whales!  More later – hoping to do a double day tomorrow so it’s up at 4 am 😦

Gnight from Trepassey – thanks to a friend John Devereaux for guiding us to the dock, sending along Wayne, taking our garbage, watering us with a stiff drink of rum, and reminding us of the wonderful time we were going to miss – this being the start of the weekend festivities in Trepassey for Come Home Year.

Not like the Cap’n and first mate to turn down a party, but getting Come What May home to her new home in Bay Roberts takes precedence……. And perhaps a bit of a party awaits there? 😃