Diary of a 7 hour ferry ride with our dog and van
Written in Nova Scotia, on a boat crossing the ocean, and then in Newfoundland.
TLDR
If you want to bring your car to the island of Newfoundland, the only option is to take a ferry.
We checked in just after nine am and were off the ship around seven pm, making for a ten-hour day of travel in total.
After check in, we sat in a long line of other parked cars and were able to walk around.
We left Scout in the van during the trip with windows cracked and fan on low. (It was pretty chilly outside, but we wanted to cycle fresh air and provide a bit of familiar background noise.)
The boat ride itself was about six and a half hours.
When we came back, she was sleeping in the passenger cab chair and had also bunched blankets into a nest on the bed. Signs of coziness!
She got pretty hyped at our return but seemed to shake off residual stress as soon as we parked for the night and stretched our legs with a game of tug.
We’ll do the same thing for our return trip (but maybe the overnight voyage instead).
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