HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RON! THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT; THEY JUST KEEP COMING YEAR AFTER YEAR.
HUGS TO GAIL!
NEWFOUNDLAND – BACK TO GROS MORNE NATIONAL PARK AGAIN.
Day 158 – It was 39 degrees, cloudy, windy and cold at 7:30 a.m. this morning. We checked the weather forecast & there would be less wind up north, so we decided to go ahead & leave this campground for Gros Morne. This would be a return trip to the area & we were hoping for the fall colors to be peaking about now. We departed Dhoon Lodge & RV Resort at 10:45 a.m. The sun was peeking out & we were hoping it would stay out for some good pictures.
112 miles, (2:15), 42737-42849
One week later, it was 10 degrees colder upon our return to Gros Morne. There was definitely more color in the trees, but we were disappointed to see that it was somewhat muted. In NY when this has happened, it’s usually been because of the weather conditions – summer was too hot or there was too much wind & rain. I think we can figure out what the problem was here! It was still pretty, but the muted coloring coupled with the lack of a bright sun, made it not as lovely as it could’ve been. We’ll see what happens in the next few days. There’s several days of partial clouds coming up, then another 5 to 7 days of rain. Fall just may be a bust this year.
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We arrived at our campground, the Gros Morne/Norris Point KOA, at 1 p.m. after stopping for a gas fill up in the RV. (Gas is more expensive here. Filling up the RV can be painful. Even with the Canadian currency vs. the American dollar, we’re still avoiding looking at the budget as far as gas is concerned.) It was 43 degrees, partly cloudy & not as windy when we arrived. This is a former National Park campground, and it showed when we drove through to pick a campsite. Half the campground had very private sites with thick trees on three sides. These must have been the original Park campsites. The other half of the campground had sites in the open – more like the KOA’s we’d been to in the past. KOA’s are independent campgrounds. You pay a membership fee yearly & you get 10% off your campsite fees, plus you get a free night after a certain amount of camping. We are not members, but we’ve found that these campgrounds are usually secure & very clean, and usually they have all the amenities. We chose site #3, electrical (30 AMP) & water hook-ups. They have a dump station. Full hook-ups were in the open camping area & that’s not what we were looking for. Site #3 was awesome. It was right on the lake & very private. The owner gave us the 10% discount anyway, calling it an end-of-season discount. Very few campsites were occupied in the tree’d section. Most of the campers were using the 50 AMP or full hook-up campsites. They were supposed to be closing on October 15 for the season, but we were told they may close as early as this weekend.
We had our lunch, set up camp, and relaxed the rest of the day. We have a beautiful view. The girls are very happy because we’re situated with full sun (when it comes out of hiding) on the dashboard. They’re channeling solar heat.