NEWFOUNDLAND – BUCHANS JUNCTION TO ROBERT’S ARM.
Day 103 – We are leaving bugland today. Nice Park but we did not volunteer to donate this blood. At 7:20 this morning it was 52 degrees and sunny. We departed Mary March Park at 10:50 a.m. The clouds had come in and it was 64 degrees. The first part of the trip involved very rough road, but after that the girls remained quiet & slept together, a bundle of multi-colored fur.
77 miles, (1:30), 41568-41645
We made no stops, just drove directly to our next destination, Robert’s Arm, back up north to the Ocean. We arrived at Crescent Lake RV Park at 12:20 p.m. It was 66 degrees, partly cloudy with a nice breeze. We’d reserved site #35 several days ago when we were up here campground scouting. We just drove into the site & set up, the girls were happy to be here, and we all had lunch.
Luna, Gracie and Pixie
The campground is independently owned & operated. We expected it to be noisier than it was. No one came in during the day to camp near us. You could hear highway noise but this is a small peninsula and there’s not much traffic. Our site was on the Lake with a few trees between us and the water. We had water & electrical hook-ups. A boil water notice was in effect. There was a dump station. The playground was located off in a different loop. Rob set up the screened tent and we spent the afternoon out there.
Click any picture below to see a slideshow.
There were very few bugs during the day. As it was getting dark, the campground host visited to collect the campground fees & bring us a load of free camp fire wood. At that time, it may have been peak bug time because the mosquitoes were out in full force. A nice couple came in to the site next to us and set up a tent. A tent in the mosquitoes – hardy souls. We could tell they were from Newfoundland. The high today was a pleasant 71 degrees. We’d previously thawed the Partridgeberry juice concentrate that we’d gotten at Grates Cove and the lobster & crab that we’d bought at the Lobster Pound near Twillingate. We made Cosmo’s with the juice & melted some butter for dipping the Lobster & Crab. So yummy.