We are camped in Sandy Cove tonight and when we paddled in, it seemed like a tropical paradise.

Sandy, warm, and turquoise water had us pinching ourselves. Could this be real? It was indeed and we received such a warm welcome to Tilting and Sandy Cove from Bev Foley and Fraser Carpenter. We’re well fed, clean, and have enjoyed hours of conversation.

The black circle shows where we are…and what we accomplished this morning…

On the map you can see we rounded Cape Fogo this morning. We paddled around three sides of it and the colliding swells from the Southwest and North combined with the clapotus from the waves hitting the Cape-it it feel a bit like a square dance and that we were being hipped by the point. In I’s the B’y, the lyrics,
“Hip-yer-partner Sally Tibbo
Hip-yer-partner Sally Brown
Fogo, Twillingate, Moreton’s Harbour,
All around the circle refer to touching the hip of your dancing partner as your swing…ie as you go all around the circle.

I suspect tomorrow may be a wind/rest day for us. It seems our lucky streak might be on pause. We’ll use the day to prepare for the next part of our journey. Thanks for joining us.

We are conducting this expedition as RCGS Expedition Grantees and we thank the society for their support!