NEWFOUNDLAND – BIDE ARM & RODDICKTON.
Day 39 – It was warmer this morning when we got up, 44 degrees & very cloudy. We packed up the RV and drove it into Bide Arm about 10 minutes away from the campground. There is no dumping station or water at the Park, so Bide Arm is where we have to go to take care of these things. We dumped the tanks and filled up with fresh water from the spigot at the Ashton House (as instructed to do so by the Town Clerk when we checked in).
NEWFOUNDLAND – RAIN & WIND.
Day 38 – It rained all night and continued throughout the day – buckets and buckets of rain. The wind was strong, supposedly sustained up to 21 MPH, then definitely with higher gusts. It was 39 degrees when we got up and the high today was 41 degrees. Certainly much different than yesterday! Oh, and when we got up we had no power. The electricity came back on late morning. It wasn’t a problem though; we used the batteries and the generator. We didn’t leave the RV at all & the girls loved it. We caught up on some paperwork & did lots of reading. The rain stopped at around sunset and the wind died down at the same time. The fog rolled in. This was the only night so far that we didn’t hear the Loons calling from the bay below us.
NEWFOUNDLAND – A SUNNY DAY!
Day 37 – We were up earlier this morning, ready to enjoy some sun. It was 40 degrees, clear & sunny at 7 a.m. We were not disappointed. We packed our lunches & left at 10:00, happy to see the fixed tire was still holding pressure. Flowers had appeared where yesterday they were just tiny buds in the gravel.
NEWFOUNDLAND – SOUTHWEST CROUSE & CONCHE
Day 36 – We went to bed a little late (for us) last night (probably due to all our napping yesterday), and therefore got up later this morning (after the girls were leaping from the cat shelf near the ceiling onto the bed several times, they succesfully ended up getting us out of bed). It was 37 degrees and overcast again. It had rained fairly hard all night. With this weather, we certainly won’t have campers joining us at this Park.
NEWFOUNDLAND – RODDICKTON TO ENGLEE.
Day 35 – The campground was very quiet last night. We feel like we are in the middle of nowhere, all by ourselves. Hmmm, I guess that’s true! At 7 a.m. it was 38 degrees & cloudy. The wind picked up, it stayed cloudy all day, and it never got above 42 degrees out. It’s supposed to rain all night tonight.
NEWFOUNDLAND – ST. ANTHONY TO RODDICKTON/BIDE ARM.
Day 34 – It was 37 degrees at 7 a.m. and very cloudy. We departed Triple Falls RV Park at 11:15 a.m. after dumping tanks, and it was 36 degrees with a little wind. We drove west on Route 430, then southwest on Route 432, and then south on Route 433. This was the same route we took day before yesterday when we explored two campgrounds south of St. Anthony. The route goes inland away from the coves and icebergs, but we’ll be curving back around towards new coves & hopefully some more icebergs.
78 miles, (2:05), 39516-39594
KAREN! CONGRATULATIONS! WILL WRITE WHEN WE HAVE A GOOD SIGNAL. WE LOVE YOU! HUGS FROM CANADA!
Day 33 – Rob was up at 7:55; I was up at 8:30. 37 degrees, raining. Well, it looks like as good a bad-weather day as any. We will go in to St. Anthony, do laundry, and grocery shopping, get propane if available, and take advantage of a phone signal. Rob made Espresso this morning. Now that made the day brighter!
NEWFOUNDLAND – ST. ANTHONY EXPLORATORY TRIP SOUTH.
Day 32 – It rained last night and was 34 degrees this morning & very foggy. The wind made it all the more frigid out. Around 10 a.m. we left to go to St. Anthony where we could get a cell phone signal. We had business to take care of. Rob managed to get ahold of someone at the Provincial Parks Service, and he got an update on the opening schedule for the Park we want to stay at, Pistolet Bay Provincial Park, north of here. Due to the snow still on the ground, it will be opening later than schedule, now maybe June 7 or later. Since we won’t be able to move to Pistolet Bay soon, we’ll be going south today to check out two parks below us. Maybe one of them will be open and some place we’d want to stay at until Pistolet Bay opens.
NEWFOUNDLAND – ST. ANTHONY EXPLORATORY TRIP NORTH.
Day 31 – Happy Memorial Day everyone! We hope you are enjoying your holiday! Memorial Day is not a Canadian holiday so it’s business as usual here. But it’s also May 27: TRIP #6 BEGAN 1 MONTH AGO. It is so hard for us to believe we’ve only been gone from home one month! We’ve totally immersed ourselves into this trip; it seems like we’ve been gone much longer. See the bottom of today’s post for the one-month recap of our journey.
Note: We have no internet and no cell phone connection again. Therefore, once we’ve moved to a different campground & have received a signal again, we’ll send out the blog posts all together. Sorry!
NEWFOUNDLAND – PORT AU CHOIX TO ST. ANTHONY.
Day 30 – Rob was up at 6:30 a.m. this morning, 44 degrees & partly cloudy. I got up at 7:30. He went over to the rocks on the beach to get pictures of Eider Ducks. They were floating around right in front of the RV.
Female and Male Common Eider, Oceanside RV Park, Port au Choix, NF
Female and Male Common Eider, Oceanside RV Park, Port au Choix, NF
124 miles, (2:55), 39392-39516