Flowers Cove RV Parking

NEWFOUNDLAND – HUNKERED DOWN AGAIN.

Day 141 – It was REALLY windy last night. The RV was rocking a bit. There were no trees around us to offer us any protection. This morning the waves were breaking roughly, and out to sea, there were white-caps as far as we could see in the distance. It was 46 degrees when we got up, cloudy & very windy. The wind increased during the morning, and we brought in two of the slides where the wind was whipping the awning over the slides back & forth – very noisy & scaring the cats. The girls were fine when we made the noise go away, grin. We were their heroes.

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LABRADOR – LABRADOR TO NEWFOUNDLAND.

Day 140 – Is it wise to take a ferry trip across the Strait of Belle Isle on Friday the 13th?  From what we’ve read, fishermen are very superstitious, and they don’t like to go out on Friday the 13th. As it turned out, we were wise to take the ferry from Labrador to Newfoundland today. (We found this out on Saturday when the ferry crossings were cancelled due to high winds in the Strait. The ferry remained in Newfoundland & didn’t cross. We would’ve had to wait several more days to leave due to the back-up caused by the cancellation.)

18 miles, (4:15), 42451-42469

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