NEWFOUNDLAND – BONAVISTA PENINSULA TO BURIN PENINSULA.
Day 69 – HAPPY 4TH OF JULY EVERYONE ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAY! We got up at 7:15 a.m. It was 48 degrees with fog & rain – what else is new. Hoping to see better weather for an extended period of time, we left the Bonavista Peninsula at 10:40; 52 degrees with continued fog & rain. Questions of the day – will we have an internet signal at the new campground, and will we see any sunlight?
177 miles, (4:20), 40645-40822
It took us almost five hours to reach our destination (a southern peninsula rather than a northern one). That’s with stops for gas for the RV and for our lunch break with the girls. We had three campgrounds to choose from at the southern end of the Burin Peninsula. We arrived at Frenchmen’s Cove Provincial Park at 3 p.m., hoping we’d be able to get a good campsite so we wouldn’t have to travel any farther.
The drive down was uneventful – not much traffic & decent road conditions. There were lots of very green hills, lots of trees & beautiful lakes, and scenic bays. You get used to this incredible beauty after a while. Eventually the fog lifted and the rain stopped, leaving us with billowy clouds and some sunlight. Things were looking up.
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Frenchmen’s Cove Provincial Park was really nice. But all the electrical & water hook-up sites were already taken. Back to the possibility of primitive living again, we drove through the unserviced campsite loop. Evidently no one wanted to camp without hook-ups because we were left with some awesome campsites to choose from. Yes, we can take some more living without hook-ups for this! We chose site #26, situated on the water of a beautiful freshwater bay. The campsite was tree’d and private. We could launch our kayaks right from the site. We could put up our tent overlooking the water on a grassy area that was part of our site. Oh yeah, we’ll be staying right here – no more campground hunting for us today. We filled with “fresh” water for our tanks (we do still need to boil our drinking water). There is a dump station at the campground. We will survive without electricity a little longer. It’s becoming warm enough that the girls don’t need their heated pads anyway. It was 55 degrees when we arrived. We unpacked and the kitties liked it here immediately. For now anyway, there is no one around us; it’s not the weekend yet.
Rob set up the screened tent and we took our beer & wine outside to relax. There were a few mosquitoes & black flies lurking about. Not too bad though. This Park is located by the small town of Frenchmen’s Cove. Adjacent to the campsites with hook-ups is a golf course. It’s quiet here. We’re going to like it just fine.