NEWFOUNDLAND – GRATES COVE TO BONAVISTA PENINSULA.
Day 67 – It was quite windy last night with heavy rain & fog. Today we leave this wonderful place. At 9 a.m. this morning it was still raining and foggy; the wind had decreased some. We hope there are cell phone & internet connections at the next campground.
190 miles, (4:55), 40455-40645
Plans Change: When we first arrived at Grates Cove, we took a day to scout for campgrounds on the Bonavista Peninsula, the next peninsula west of us. After driving for hours, we realized it would be an 8 to 10 hour day of driving round trip to and from the campgrounds near the end of Bonavista. So we stopped at the closest campground to us at that time, Bellevue Beach Campground, drove through & checked out the campsites, and decided this was as far as we could go. Our destination for today had been the Bellevue Beach Campground, but when we reached there today, we decided to just man-up and drive to the other campgrounds on the Bonavista Peninsula.
We departed Grates Cove at 10:15 a.m. It was 51 degrees, foggy with light rain. We arrived at Lockston Path Provincial Park near Port Rexton at 3:10 p.m. after stoppiing along the way for propane and for a lunch break. It was 59 degrees, cloudy with light rain. We had not been here before. The scenery was very nice, but it was mostly foggy for the drive. Of note was a beautiful grouping of rocks (Shag Rocks) in the middle of Trinity Bay near Whiteway. Also, the roads, once we got past the road construction on the way to Winterton, were good. Until we turned off at the end on the dirt road taking us to our destination. We almost turned around and didn’t continue, but after almost 5 km of mud, potholes, and dirt, we reached the Park.
Shag Rock, Whiteway, NF
Stock Cove Rd. on the way to Lockston Path Provincial Park, Port Rexton, NF
Stock Cove Rd. on the way to Lockston Path Provincial Park, Port Rexton, NF
The Provincial Park was isolated, small, and very nice with lots of mature trees. There were only 2 serviced sites (electric and water hook-ups) available, and those for just two nights. Most of the unserviced sites (no hook-ups) were available. We drove around the campground and decided on site #47, with hook-ups, for the two nights. We’d campground scout from here tomorrow and with that knowledge, either move to another campground after the two nights, or stay at Lockston Path in an unserviced site. (We’re just a little tired of the no hook-up situation as we’ve been staying at many of those parks lately, but it won’t hurt us to do it some more if necessary).
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The high today was 61 degrees when we were inland. We have a very private campsite, large and surrounded by trees. We hope the people who are scheduled to come in on Thursday cancel. We cooked Baked Halibut in Lemon Herb Aioli and served it with brown rice and broccoli (frozen). We have seen signs for Farmer’s Markets around here on Saturdays. Cannot wait! We spent the evening getting the blog posts out from the last week. We were very happy to discover we had an internet connection here at the Park, but when the posting gets behind, playing catch-up is a pain.