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.
A STAY-AT-HOME KIND OF DAY.
Day 130 – It rained last night and all of today, and the wind gusts increased. The low temperature last night was 55 degrees. The high today was 59 degrees. The rain and wind continued. We didn’t go anywhere. When you stay home all day like this, you find out just how lazy your kitties are!
We, too, were lazy. We caught up on a few things, cooked up some Salmon & Brown Rice for dinners so that we wouldn’t have to do anything else but add Vegetables, and generally didn’t do much else. We played a few rounds of Sequence before dinner, and that was about it. There aren’t many people camping here anymore. Tomorrow is another day.
WAY UP NORTH.
TRAVEL DAY
From: Armistice Town Park, Roddickton/Bide Arm, NL.
To:Pistolet Bay Provincial Park, Raleigh, NL.
Day 128 – The low temperature last night was 50 degrees. Today we are heading to a week near the northernmost part of Newfoundland. REALLY far up there! Pistolet Bay Provincial Park, where we’ll be staying for a week, is just 20 kilometers from the most northern point in Newfoundland.
NEWFOUNDLAND – L’ANSE AUX MEADOWS.
Day 125 – It was 44 degrees this morning & we’re getting low on propane. We drove north to do the Viking thing; it’s a big draw here. We stopped at several places on the way hoping to find some propane. No luck, but supposedly we can get a fill-up in St. Anthony, so we’ll head there later.
NEWFOUNDLAND – BRRR!
Day 124 – Cold! It was 50 degrees, cloudy & windy at a little after 8 a.m. Not a big deal, right? But we were surprised to see temperatures only dropping slowly throughout the day as the wind increased – 46 degrees in the middle of the day in August. We’d intended to go to St. Anthony today to visit the Grenfell Museum. Since it was indoors, we figured we would survive, but as it got colder, we just didn’t feel like leaving the RV. The kitties enjoyed cuddling with us & we enjoyed the relaxing day, too.
NEWFOUNDLAND – THE DARK TICKLE.
Day 123 – It was partly cloudy this morning with very little wind for a change & 58 degrees. We drove Route 436 today. Most of the small towns we’d seen last May, but they sure looked different without all the snow. It was a nice day and the scenery was lovely. Today was the end of Month #4, Trip 6. Our fourth month’s recap is at the end of today’s blog.