Canadians In Motion...From Ocean to Ocean: Day 12

HOORAY! A “Non Event” Day. These are supposed to be days for rest, relaxation, exercise, sightseeing, and just general maintenance days for laundry or getting away from the Relay. That mean it’s going to be a short blog day as well. I need my rest! We always manage to squeeze in a little work though. I used this opportunity to go for a nice long run. I went out with a coworker, Kelly, to find some fun areas for a little jaunt. We started in a trail by the hotel which led us to a park and up another trail. Then we hit a pipeline that looked to go right uphill. Kelly had a bit of a pained look on her face at first, but she was a trooper and followed me up this hot, dusty, gravel trail alongside this big wooden pipeline with several holes in it, resulting in cooling sprinkler showers the whole way. It was uphill the whole way out....which meant it was downhill the whole way back... We definitely earned our downhill!

Other members of the team went back to the Ziplining place for some high adrenaline fun, while others made the trek back to Gros Morne National Park for some hiking, boat tours, and wildlife sightings. It was another beauty afternoon so Mike (our Security Commander) and I decided to hit the links for a round of golf. We were paired up with a couple of locals for the front 9 who were quite fun to play with. The short one, Owen, was the talkative joke teller one, while the tall one, Steve, was the strong silent type....sort of a reverse Penn and Teller team. Owen had a knack for recognizing every bad shot we made (and there were a few) and pointing out where it landed with the smallest of chuckles, “Oop, Ditch!” or “Ohh, Pond! Hehe” He was pretty hilarious. I called him out on it about the 6^th hole and said, “So Mike, pretty much if you hit a shot and Owen doesn’t say anything, you know you’re in good shape.” At this point, Steve, came out of his shell and chuckled, “Hehe It didn’t take them long to figure you out, eh?” Good guys for sure though. They left us at the turn and Mike and I cruised through the back 9 pretty quickly. Then it was back to the hotel for another parking lot BBQ and some prep for Monday’s Relay day from Corner Brook to Stephenville.