Our hotel in Deer Lake was a Holiday Inn Express. The rooms were made with cookie cutters. We temporarily turned into vegetables. Breakfast was a full buffet with omelet, bacon, sausages, beans, etc. etc. It was served from 7 until 10 and we made an appearance at about 9:30.
After an excess of coffee we checked out just before eleven. The car didn't need to be returned just yet so we buzzed around town. At a fairly large beach on Deer Lake, Lily and I actually found two people sunning on the sand. We pulled our jackets and sweaters a little tighter and read the sign that was near the walkway. Apparently the discoverers of this lake saw a herd of caribou swimming across the lake. They therefore named this place Deer Lake, even though caribou are not deer.
So, Newfoundland was called Vinland by the vikings even though there were no grapevines on the island. This place was named Deer Lake by the European explorers even though there are no deer on the island.
We returned our rental car and checked into the airport. There were still a couple of hours before our flight but everything ran smoothly. In Toronto when we left it had taken us about two and a half hours before we arrived in the departure lounge. Here we arrived about two and a half hours before our flight and it took us about 15 minutes to get to the departure lounge.
The flight was smooth and uneventful. In fact I slept for at least an hour.
Today I had two pleasant surprises. We had been informed much earlier that we would be charge a $275 drop-off fee for the car rental. No such charge was made. When we picked up our car at Park'nFly, we were given $96 discount for our CAA membership, even though the clerk informed me that my CAA membership had expired.
That was a nice ending to a great trip.
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