Before we left we were told that St. John's has amazing sunrises. I looked at the cloudy forecast and opted to sleep in. This time of year sunrise is 5:30 am and sunset is nearly 9 pm. The temperature only reached 70 on our first day in Gander.
It rained a lot.
We soon learned there were fires on the northern tip of Newfoundland in the town of Musgrave Harbour. My jaw dropped when my google search first brought up a fire in Quidi Vidi on July 29th at one of their "stages," as we had lunch there last week. Best as I understand it, stages are fishing huts associated with the cod industry. They are passed down through the generations.
That was a detour. The point I meant to make was that the rains I grumbled about as a tourist were necessary to save lives and homes. It humbled me and changed my perception.
If we only learn to listen to each other, our perceptions can be changed all the time. Or, at least, we'd learn to understand someone else's perception.
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