GROS MORNE NATIONAL PARK – TROUT RIVER & BACK.
Day 139 – We took a couple of days off from the blog; now we’re back. It’s warmer here than it was up north – mid 60’s at night; mid 70’s during the day. There’s much less wind and the sun has been out most of the time so far.
WIND BE GONE.
TRAVEL DAY
From: Oceanside RV Park, Port au Choix, NL.
To:Gros Morne/Norris Point KOA, Norris Point, NL.
Day 138 – We were up at 5:30 this morning so that we could leave in plenty of time before the winds got any worse. Supposedly the wind gusts would get stronger beginning around 9 a.m. The wind was strong enough as it was already. After dumping tanks, we departed Port au Choix at 7:35 a.m. It was 63 degrees, sunny but hazy and quite windy.
STRONG WINDS.
Day 137 – It was 63 degrees this morning when we got up. The wind gusts remained strong thru the night. Because of the winds, the car and RV windows appear fogged up all the time. They’re not – it’s the salt water coating everything with sea spray. The winds increased this morning and it wasn’t even comfortable to leave the RV, it was blowing so strongly. The RV was doing a bit of rocking. Supposedly the winds will decrease tonight.
Continue readingBAKED GOODS, CARIBOU, AND FOXES.
Day 136 – The low temperature was 57 degrees last night; big difference from the low 40’s up north the previous night. This morning, it was still fairly windy, but less so than yesterday and last night. The girls are enjoying the sun on the dashboard.
Continue readingTHE MOUNTAINS AND THE OCEAN.
TRAVEL DAY
From: Pistolet Bay Provincial Park, Raleigh, NL.
To:Oceanside RV Park, Port au Choix, NL.
Day 135 – The storm finally passed over some time last night, and we awoke to a much cooler day. The low temperature last night was 43 degrees. This morning it was sunny and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky.
RAIN, WIND, COMPUTERS AND PIZZA.
Day 134 – It was a dreary day today, but certainly not a hurricane and not a tropical storm. Thank goodness. It was 54 degrees this morning when we got up. It made it all the way to 56 before the temperature started dropping. It was raining on and off all day. In the early afternoon, it got quite windy. Still, NOT a hurricane!
Continue readingMOOSE MANIA.
Day 133 – We were up at 5 a.m. this morning. It was painful. But when the sun is rising or setting is supposedly the best time to see Moose. We’d been told where to go; our expectations were high. Armed with coffee and cameras, we headed out at a little after 6 a.m. It was a warmish 62 degrees with no wind and lots of clouds – the calm before the storm.
A BOAT TOUR, ANCIENT ROCKS, AND A FULL HARD DRIVE.
Day 132 – Today was the perfect weather for a day by the sea. We awoke to sunny, clear skies. When we left the RV at 8:20 a.m., it was 60 degrees with almost no wind. We drove to St. Lunaire, got gas in the Honda, and arrived at Dark Tickle Expeditions a little early.
VIKING COUNTRY.
Day 131 – It continued raining all night and it was very windy. This morning when we got up the rain & wind had calmed down a bit. We decided to hope for the best and went for a drive to another northern point on the peninsula – L’Anse aux Meadows, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was here that Vikings, led by Leif Erickson, founded the first European settlement in North America a thousand years ago.
Raleigh, Ship Cove, Cape Onion, and Dark Tickle.
Day 129 – When we got up this morning, it was 52 degrees and cloudy. The weather forecast was for some sun in the morning and rain later in the day. We decided to head out and grab the decent weather while we could. It’s supposed to rain for the next couple of days.
