HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY! ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAY!
Day 40 – The low last night was 36 degrees; it was very windy & rainy. Today looks like it will be more of the same, but colder. Elsewhere in NL, though, it is snowing. We didn’t leave the RV again today.
Continue readingAT HOME IN THE RV.
Day 39 – It rained last night, 40 degrees. If we’d gone to La Scie, it would be snowing with very high winds all day today and tonight. It’s much better here, but we’re really glad we can go back to La Scie in August.
Continue readingWATERFALLS.
TRAVEL DAY
From: Deer Lake Municipal RV Park, Deer Lake, NL.
To: Sir Richard Squires Memorial Provincial Park, Cormack, NL.
Day 38 – It was 42 degrees last night with rain & wind. There’s a bigger storm coming in with snow and heavy winds. We leave today for a campground inland more protected from the wind gusts. It’s not a long drive to the Park; we checked it out a couple of days ago when we saw the winds were coming.
CORNER BROOK.
Day 37 – It rained hard all night and it was windy, pretty cold & nasty out. It was 34 degrees as a low last night. It rained most of the day today, though it wasn’t pouring after about 10 a.m. Cold and with enough wind to make it miserable, we went to Corner Brook to get stocked up with goods before heading to a couple of remote campgrounds.
Continue readingA CHANGE OF PLANS.
Day 36 – The low last night was 36 degrees. This morning when we got up it was cloudy. It remained cloudy all day, and in the afternoon the wind picked up enough to shake the RV a little. The wind was unexpected for today, but we knew it was supposed to rain early evening today through Saturday. Our plan was to leave here Saturday and go to La Scie, one of our favorite places in Newfoundland, and camp on top of the cliffs looking over the northern Atlantic (whales & icebergs in season). We were going to stay a week. The weather forecast beginning Saturday and lasting through Tuesday had us concerned.
HEADING NORTH.
TRAVEL DAY
From: Barachois Pond Provincial Park, Stephenville Crossing, NL.
To:Deer Lake Municipal RV Park, Deer Lake, NL.
Day 35 – It was 34 degrees when Rob got up this morning; I slept in. We took our time packing up. We didn’t have any hook-ups at this campground, so we had to dump our tanks at a dump station near the exit to the Park. After dumping, we departed at 11:05 a.m. It was 59 degrees and sunny – another beautiful day.
LA ROUTE DES ANCETRES FRANCAIS.
Day 34 – We made sure we didn’t sleep in this morning because we had a lot of ground to cover today. The weather when we got up was sunny, no wind, and BRRR! 31 degrees. We left at 9 a.m. and headed north and west off of Trans Canada Highway 1 and got on Route 460 towards Stephenville. As we departed the campground, we saw they were beginning road work on the campground roads – great!
A DRIVE SOUTH OF THE CAMPGROUND ALONG THE COAST.
Day 33 – It was 42 degrees and cloudy this morning. It rained all night. The wind gusts were gone and there was just a little breeze. And we still don’t have a signal. Yesterday we sat outside some in the afternoon since it was warmer, but eventually the wind, coupled with cooling temperatures, brought us inside again. There were no bugs yet. In Codroy there were some mosquitoes but they weren’t biting yet. The farther north we go and as long as we stay close to the Ocean, the bugs should be manageable, even when it warms up some.
WRECKHOUSE WINDS BE GONE.
TRAVEL DAY
From: Grand Codroy RV/Tent Camping, Doyle’s, NL.
To:Barachois Pond Provincial Park, Stephenville Crossing, NL.
Day 32 – We were wondering why this valley area is as populated as it is. One of the campground owners said they have their own micro-climate here. The same thing that brings in the high winds here and not so high winds elsewhere, causes the temperatures here to be milder than anywhere else on the Island.
LIGHTHOUSES & OUTPORTS.
Day 31 – Much warmer this morning, it was 47 degrees when we got up, quite overcast and windy. The weather forecast called for very little sunlight, lots of clouds & increasing winds. We feel a storm coming. Since we’re leaving this campground tomorrow, we’re taking a drive today, clouds or no clouds. Last night at the campground, it was family reunion time or something. During the day at least 4 travel trailers and 2 trucks without RVs arrived, and there was a large get together with children & adults and a couple of very happy dogs. Games were played, the people and the dogs ran around, and a good time was had by all. This morning you could’ve heard a pin drop, it was so quiet.
