Spring/Summer/Fall 2019

Saturday, August 24, 2019

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NEWFOUNDLAND – PORT AU CHOIX & A SURPRISE.

Day 120 – The wind was super strong last night, a bit scary. We are so glad we decided not to travel today, either by ferry or RV. The wind continued, along with heavy dark clouds, for most of the day. It was only 47 degrees at 7 a.m. this morning, and with the wind it felt much colder. We turned the heat on in the RV – in August!  Rob ventured out once in the morning, briefly, to try to get pictures of the Eider Ducks. He came back with a picture of a Tern, and he’d gotten pretty cold just in that amount of time.

Common Tern, Oceanside RV Park, Port au Choix, NF

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Thursday, August 22, 2019

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NEWFOUNDLAND – POLLARD’S POINT TO PORT AU CHOIX.

Day 118 – Well, plans do change. We got up this morning with the intent of travelling to Labrador on Saturday, staying overnight at two campgrounds on the way to the ferry terminal. It was 52 degrees this morning and cloudy at 6:45 a.m. We packed up and departed our campground at RiverSea Motel & RV Park in Pollard’s Point at 9:55 a.m. It started raining soon after we left.

201 miles, (5:25), 41881-42082

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Wednesday, August 21, 2019

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NEWFOUNDLAND – JACKSON’S ARM TO THE BEACHES.

Day 117 – The weather was very nice this morning – blue skies, some billowy clouds, breezy &

mostly sunny. We don’t know what the temperature was when we got up, but it was comfortable out. Rob sat outside by the water with his coffee. The campers that came in yesterday were parked closer to the occasionally-squawking boat radio than we were, so it probably was annoying to them. Evidently they complained because an ATV arrived with an apologetic boat owner who turned the radio off. Those campers left later this morning. We are alone again.

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Tuesday, August 20, 2019

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NEWFOUNDLAND – ERRANDS.

Day 116 – Yesterday when we arrived we found we had no signal whatsoever here. Phone calls, internet, the blog, all would have to wait a couple of days. Without the internet, we had no weather information, so the rain we got last night & much of today was a complete surprise. We’d checked in advance and the claim was that no rain was in our near future. So I guess it actually makes no difference if you have a weather forecast or not……..

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Monday, August 19, 2019

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NEWFOUNDLAND – LA SCIE TO POLLARD’S POINT.

Day 115 – Last night after we posted yesterday’s post, there was another good sunset. Since that picture didn’t get posted yesterday, it’ll be first thing today. We are finished visiting the east & central parts of Newfoundland – for this trip anyway. We’re moving on today, beginning the last section of our trip which will be visiting the Northern Peninsula again when it’s not covered in snow, a several-week trip to see Gros Morne National Park in detail (we only drove through before, early in this trip), visiting communities on the western side of Newfoundland, and a trip by ferry to Labrador.

Sunset, Island Cove RV Park, La Scie, NF

132 miles, (2:40), 41749-41881

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Sunday, August 18, 2019

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAPLE!!! SWEET SIXTEEN, MY HOW TIME FLIES!!!

NEWFOUNDLAND – LAST DAY IN LA SCIE.

Day 114 – It was 60 degrees this morning at 7 a.m. with dark skies & a breeze. It stayed fairly windy throughout the day. The rain started at 10:15; we were out in the screened tent until then. We will have been here 8 days when we leave tomorrow. The weather has been wonderful & we’ve really enjoyed our stay – a great town with beautiful scenery, and we considered staying longer. But we still need to visit Labrador! We will come back again.

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Saturday, August 17, 2019

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NEWFOUNDLAND – THE LA SCIE OUTPORT MUSEUM & TEA ROOM.

Day 113 – This morning, Rob walked the Capelin Cove trail along the Harbour, looking for whales while watching the fishing activity. We hung around the RV until just after lunch today. The weather forecast was for rain most of tomorrow & dry with just partly cloudy skies today. Figuring we’d be staying at the Park tomorrow, we took a final exploratory drive this afternoon. Surprise! It rained hard when we were gone & things got pretty wet inside the screened tent & RV. That’s what we get for believing the weather forecast.

Fishing for Caplin, La Scie, NF

Fishing for Caplin, La Scie, NF

Squid Jiggin’, La Scie, NF

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Friday, August 16, 2019

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NEWFOUNDLAND – ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR A DRIVE.

Day 112 – The peace & quiet plus the sound of the waves were interrupted last night by the rowdy ones turning on their generator (they’d done that all day previously when they were here & we couldn’t figure out why – there ARE electric hook-ups). But this time the couple from Switzerland called the campground manager & said it’d awakened them – their site was right next to the rowdy ones. The manager drove over & told them to turn it off; the rowdy ones left this morning, darnit. It was 59 degrees this morning & lovely out again.

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Thursday, August 15, 2019

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NEWFOUNDLAND – ANOTHER DRIVE TO SEE SMALL TOWNS.

Day 111 – It was 52 degrees this morning and breezy when we got up. We hung out for a bit, then packed our lunch & left for an exploratory drive. Almost daily the campground empties out & new campers arrive. There are only a couple of longer-stay campers here like us. We were curious who our new neighbors would be later when we got back to the campground. So far it’s been a variety of retired couples from different countries or provinces. We’ve had France, Switzerland, the U.S., Germany, and Canada (Newfoundland, Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta).

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