My hosts Wednesday night were Leonard Vassallo and his wife Monique. He is from Nova Scotia originally, and she is from New Brunswick. They are avid organic gardeners, and both work for local colleges in Corner Brook. Leonard is an instructor for the Environmental Technology Program at the College of the North Atlantic. The dinner they made was exceptional. Blue potatoes freshly dug up, vibrant green beans, homemade bread, and baked cod.

After dinner, I went to the college to use the internet briefly. Then we returned to watch Canadian Idol. Rex didn’t win the record deal, but the people sure loved him. I’m not sure how many folks were gathered in Corner Brook to watch the telecast live, but it was a big event to say the least.

Thursday morning was a busy one. First stop was Corner Brook City Hall to meet Mayor Priscilla Boutcher. We exchanged gifts, and I had a quick tour of the offices and council chamber.

Next stop was the lecture hall at CNA. Leonard had me speaking to nearly 100 students about my trip, the smart car, climate change, fuel efficiency and the One-Tonne Challenge. There was a question period afterwards, and then a showing of the car outside. A local reporter snapped a few pix and recorded a conversation.

At 10:30, we departed for Sir Wilfred Grenfell College . This was a visit to one of the classes already in progress. What was most, uhm, bizarre, was that when I arrived at the class, the instructor, Dr Michael Newton had a laptop running with geocaching.com on the screen! I was immediately perplexed - and after asking - learned that NO, he didn’t get the link from my site. He’s actually a geocacher, and had merely brought it up as a topic for the class. Hmm. Okay. So, do you want a lecture on geocaching, smart cars, or climate change? (Or all three.) We laughed, and then I simply opened up my website and rambled on for over half an hour about whatever was on the pages… very strange… everything happens for a reason. As lunch break was now at hand, we showed off the car again, and then I had to be on the road.

After loading up my car back at Leonard’s house, I departed for downtown Corner Brook, to do one geocache. Last chance in for a find in Newfoundland since I had not found one in St Johns a couple days prior. Here’s Leonard and I at his house as I was getting ready to depart: