>:::Also, other enticements to drive east around to St John's NFLD include:
>:::1) Seabreeze Park near
>:::Twillingate where the #1  voted 2007 vanagon calendar photo was taken,
>:::and 2) a quick trip to
>:::France!!!! from the Burin Penn.

here's all our Seabreeze photos for those who missed them:
http://www.pauldottrip.com/2006/seabreeze/

>And expensive.  That ferry is $CA 97, no vans allowed.  So if you go for
>overnight you need to pay for lodging too.  (I paid $CA 50 for a nice B&B
>close to the ferry, brought my bicycle and had a good time riding around the
>island of St. Pierre.)  I used to live in (mainland) France, so I definitely
>wanted to check out St. Pierre et Miquelon, but I don't think it would be
>worth doing again.

Dot and I found the people of St. Pierre somewhat unfriendly towards us and quite expensive (everything was priced in Euro$).  The only nice person in St. Pierre was in the tourist office.  Newfoundlanders and Quebecers were way more friendly.  We will not be visiting St. Pierre again.