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Sometimes when you're staring at your third club-sandwich-on white of the day, covering a provincial election can be a pretty draining affair. The hours are long, the reporting demands heavy, and the same political speeches and campaign songs start to play on an endless loop in your head. But on most days there is no better assignment for any reporter on any beat. Monday was one of those days. On that day I switched back to covering the Progressive Conservative campaign after a week on the stump with Premier Roger Grimes. It wasn't switching parties that was fun. It was where we went and how we got there. Williams went to Labrador City on Monday morning. I had never been to Labrador before this election. Since Sept. 29, I've been there three times. The Big Land is simply breathtaking. From the air, it's an endless vista of lakes and rivers. For me, watching the sunset as we flew over the Strait of Belle Isle is one of the highlights of this campaign.
From Labrador, Williams jetted to Port au Choix on the Northern Peninsula. As beautiful as Labrador is, the view of the Long Range Mountains from the air is simply magical. I had a bird's-eye-view of the mountain range and of Gros Morne National Park after we left Port au Choix to fly to Deer Lake. It's hard to capture that view in words. It's even harder to capture it with a 2-megapixel digital camera as you leapfrog from airstrip to airstrip. As good as the Provincial Airline pilots are, the plane ride is bumpy and digital photos blur. The campaign is into its final week now and Williams is promising to increase his already hectic travel pace. That will probably mean longer hours and a few skipped meals. But it could also mean a helicopter ride along the island's south coast to towns like Harbour Breton, Bay D'Espoir and Burgeo. Isn't that worth three weeks of no sleep?
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