OUR LAST FULL DAY IN NEWFOUNDLAND.
Day 164 – It rained during the night; it was 52 degrees at 7:45 a.m., much warmer than it has been. We made a run into Stephenville this morning for a few items at the grocery store. We’ll be traveling the next several days, going from Newfoundland to Maine, and won’t have any time for grocery shopping. Back at the RV, we packed up & got ready to leave for our last overnight stop before getting on the ferry for Nova Scotia.
87 miles, (2:05), 42959-43046
The weather was awful, raining hard most of the day. It was also fairly windy. We departed Black Duck Siding at 12:25 p.m. & arrived at our “campsite” at 2:30. No campgrounds were still open south of where we had been staying at Dhoon Lodge. We have to be at the ferry terminal in Port aux Basques tomorrow morning no later than 9:45 a.m. We didn’t want to drive from Black Duck Siding to the ferry all in one shot – who wants to get up that early & the drive would be followed by a six-hour journey on the ferry. So in hopes of getting a driveway or something to stay at about half-way between the two locations, a couple of days ago I called a campground & asked if they might know someplace we could stay for one night, no hook-ups, just a place to stay. Sure enough, the owner said although they were closed for the season & no one would be there, we could park in front of the campground’s locked gate for the night so we’d be safe & off the road. Excellent!
We have our own site here at Grand Codroy RV/Tent Camping. We’re parked away from the TCH off a small two-lane road that does get some traffic, but we’re tucked away off the road. This looks like a lovely, well-maintained campground from what we can see. We’ll definitely pay them a visit the next time we’re here since they were so kind to allow us to stay here for the night. The high today was 55 degrees. It was windy & rainy.
Grand Codroy RV/Tent Camping Doyles, NF
Grand Codroy RV/Tent Camping Doyles, NF
Grand Codroy RV/Tent Camping Doyles, NF