John and his friends are on their way to Cape St. Mary's. They have just passed Goobies and are coming to Sunnyside and Come By Chance. These towns are on opposite sides of the Trans-Canada Highway. The oil refinery at Come By Chance opened in 1973.

They pass a gravel road which leads to Mosquito Cove. Mosquito Cove is in Bull Arm. Much of the work for the Hibernia oil project was done here.

The next communizes along the TCH are Arnold's Cove, Southern Harbour and Little Harbour. The abandoned fishing and mining community of La Manche is not far away.

Route 201 leads to Chance Cove, Bellevue and Thornlea. Long Cove, Norman's Cove and Chapel Arm are also out this way. Another road leads to Tickle Harbour and Fairhaven. Farther along the TCH, Route 202 goes to Long Harbour and Mount Arlington Heights. Long Harbour had a phosphorus plant but it closed in 1989.

The grey van turns off the Trans-Canada Highway on to Route 100. The first town along this route is Dunville. The travellers go on to Argentia. This community used to be called Little Placentia. There was an American air and naval base at Argentia. The air base closed in 1974, and the naval base shut down in 1975.