36 Year Dream

NEWFOUNDLAND – CORNER BROOK 2.

Day 150 – We were able to get up early without it killing us, LOL. But forking out over a thousand dollars today on the Honda work almost did kill us. Nevertheless, it feels good to have the car working great again!

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NEWFOUNDLAND – GROS MORNE NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH.

Day 149 – 42 degrees this morning, it was clear & breezy when we got up. Since we sat around yesterday & tomorrow we have to take the Honda back to get work done on it, a three-hour drive round trip, today was a good day to check out the Park south of us. Furthermore, the weather forecast beginning tonight is rain for days.

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NEWFOUNDLAND – SATURDAY IN THE PARK.

Day 148 – We slept in this morning. It was 49 degrees at 8:30 a.m. this morning. It had rained during the night. The clouds burned off by noon & the sun came out. We’d planned to drive to other parts of Gros Morne today, but by the time the weather cleared & we got up and running, we cancelled that idea to stay home in the RV, do some cooking for future dinners, and catch up on the blog (which always seems to get behind whether we have a signal or not).

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NEWFOUNDLAND – WHALE & BALD EAGLE SIGHTINGS, OUTRAGEOUS SCENERY, A WARM SUNNY DAY, PARTRIDGEBERRY DRINKS & A GOURMET MEAL.

Day 147 – Today was a good day. Perfect weather. A great boat tour. A wonderful meal. What more could you want?  Warmer this morning at 49 degrees at 7:30 a.m. And sunny with light wind. This is our third day in a row with pretty good weather after four solid days of rain & winds. The weather forecast is for at least four more days of solid rain beginning Monday.

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NEWFOUNDLAND – GROS MORNE NATIONAL PARK, NORTH.

Day 146 – Brrrr…..it was 38 degrees this morning and cloudy when we got up. The sun came out late morning, so we had an early lunch and left to explore, driving north on Route 430. We drove through small towns like Sally’s Cove & St. Pauls, traveling beyond the northern edge of Gros Morne National Park. Each town was charming. And we stopped at several interpretation points at various locations in this northern part of the National Park.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SOPHIE! WISH WE WERE THERE TO HELP YOU CELEBRATE!

NEWFOUNDLAND – CORNER BROOK 1.

Day 145 – Today was a long day. We left at 8 a.m. for the city of Corner Brook & our 9:45 appointment at Fairway Honda. We got there at 9:30, happy to be early, and hoping it wouldn’t be an all-day car appointment. That happened to us last year in NY. We checked in and were told that since this was a U.S. vehicle, before working on it, they would have to call to check on whether there were any outstanding recall notices on our car. We were shown to the customer waiting area where two other customers were also waiting.

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NEWFOUNDLAND – A RELAXING DAY INDOORS, ALMOST.

Day 144 – It was 43 degrees this morning when we got up, 10 degrees colder than yesterday at this time. It rained all night and had stopped raining by 8 a.m., only to start up again with some wind later in the morning. But being nestled in these trees keeps the wind noise & movement to a minumum. It just wasn’t a good day to go outside because it was so wet.

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NEWFOUNDLAND – GETTING SETTLED IN.

Day 143 – We got up at 7:30 a.m. There was some fog but virtually no wind, 53 degrees & it had not started raining again – completely different than the continual rain we were expecting. We felt we’d made the right decision to drive this far south into the Park to camp, because we can see it all from here on the good-weather days.

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NEWFOUNDLAND – HELLO AGAIN, GROS MORNE NATIONAL PARK.

Day 142 – None of us slept well last night with the RV rocking from the howling winds. We got up to dense fog & rain, lower winds (in the teens) and 50 degrees. We looked at the weather forecast in this area for the next several days:  continual rain, wind in the teens and low 20’s. It was worse towards the north & somewhat better towards the south. We decided to pack up and leave.

153 miles, (3:40), 42469-42622

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