I've been looking at these loads to Newfoundland, Canada on the Landstar board and the rates are always pretty amazing. Okay, there's the ferry which costs around 600 bucks one way and then you have to drive on the island through all that fog to your destination... But how bad can it be if the trip pays over $3/mile? So, I drove 500 miles empty to IL, picked up some metal parts (no tarp is required), and am now heading back to my home in Ontario and then north-east via Quebec, New Brunswick and ... the trip stops at North Sydney, Nova Scotia where I'm catching the ferry to Port aux Basques, NL. The crossing time is around 6-8 hours and then it's 500 miles or 10 hour drive from the port of arrival to my destination near St. John's, NL. If someone drove there before, please share your horror stories
I checked the weatherchannel.com and surprisingly the temperatures on the island are ABOVE freezing. I guess that's where all that famous fog comes from.. Will post some pictures after the trip.