Day 17 Gander to St. John's
Drove 315 miles today. Weather was cool and overcast - good for us.
We started the day at the North Atlantic Aviation Museum at Gander. It had a very moving section on 911, when about 7,000 people in airlines were diverted there after the attack. It also had a segment on the crash of the 101st Airborn plane in 1985. Americans were returning from service in Egypt, refueled there, and crashed just after takeoff. All 256 aboard died.  The young man working at the desk noticed our interest, and told us there is a memorial at the site. He offered to show us the way, since it is not well-marked. His boss agreed, and he jumped in his car and showed us where it is. Nice people!
From there, we headed toward St. John's. As we left Gander, I saw a large female moose right on the opposite shoulder of the road. No camera, no time for a photo.
We stopped in a tiny village called Trouty, near Trinity Bay, to meet a woman (Heidi Oberg-Anderson) from the Duluth, Minnesota area. She is a sister-in-law to the nurse practitioner that Dennis sees in Duluth. Had tea and visited for an hour.
Continued on all the way into St. John's. It was getting a bit late, and all the motels on the highway were full, so we ended up at a lovely B&B in historic downtown St. John's. The house was built in 1883. Walked a few blocks to a nice spot for dinner.