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Monday, June 10, 2019

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NEWFOUNDLAND – A DRIVE FOR GROCERIES, AND MORE……

Day 45 – 41 degrees at 7 a.m. this morning, windy & overcast. It rained last night; what else is new. Rob went out to the observation deck, but neglected to bundle up. He was back in a flash. We did our normal morning chores, packed a lunch, and went out to do some grocery shopping in Placentia. We are that far from groceries, seriously, that we had to pack a lunch. Okay, we did go a different, less direct route that took longer, but we wanted to scope out the other side of this peninsula to see if the road was in better condition for our future travels with the RV. The road was better.

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Sunday, June 9, 2019

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NEWFOUNDLAND – TERRA NOVA NATIONAL PARK TO  ST. BRIDE’S.

Day 44 – It was 41 degrees with rain & light wind at 7 a.m. this morning. The weather forecast was for sustained winds of 19 MPH around Terra Nova, and that’s not counting how high the gusts could be. With trepidation on my part, we headed out hoping to get beyond the windy area before it got too bad. We departed Newman Sound Campground at 10:20 after dumping tanks; it was 45 degrees, not much wind & some rain.

163 miles, (3:40), 40057-40220

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Saturday, June 8, 2019

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NEWFOUNDLAND – VIRGIN TERRITORY.

Day 43 – We got spoiled having the entire Armistice RV Park to ourselves. Last night at this campground in Deer Lake, people nearby had their country music blaring and they were shouting back & forth with some arguing going on. We both had to put in earplugs at bed time. We got up a little before 7 a.m. this morning; 42 degrees and cloudy. No Red Foxes to greet us. Today we are driving into virgin territory, roads we’ve never been on before as we head from Deer Lake east on the Trans-Canada Highway (TCH) to Terra Nova National Park.

239 miles, (5:15), 39818-40057

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Friday, June 7, 2019

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NEWFOUNDLAND – RODDICKTON/BIDE ARM TO DEER LAKE.

Day 42 – A travel day, we were up early; it was 41 degrees with some sun at 6:30 a.m. this morning. We departed Armistice RV Park and Bide Arm after dumping tanks. It was 10:10, 54 degrees & mostly sunny. The Red Fox came by to say good-bye.

Our Fox, Bide Arm RV Park, Bide Arm, NF

221 miles, (5:25), 39597-39818

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Thursday, June 6, 2019

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NEWFOUNDLAND – ICEBERGS GALORE.

Day 41 – We went to bed early last night, when it was still light out. Of course, that doesn’t mean much when it’s light for 16 hours a day. But we wanted to head out early this morning, so we purposely hit the sack earlier than usual. It was only supposed to be sunny until noon; we needed to get out & get pictures early. It was 44 degrees this morning at 6 a.m. and sunny.

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Tuesday, June 4, 2019

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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).

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Monday, June 3, 2019

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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.

Saturday, June 1, 2019

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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.

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