Thursday, August 15, 2019 A Wild Newfie Creature attacks the RV The Muster Station This morning it was cold when I awoke. Jane was clinging to me for warmth and I dreaded leaving the cozy bed to make coffee. Autumn has arrived since we’ve been here as the locals said […]

Wednesday, August 14, 2019 A Lonely Job in a Beautiful Location The rain clouds had passed on and we awoke to a bright sunny day. After breakfast, we continued toward Fortune, despite not being able to board the ferry. Immediately after leaving Frenchman’s Cove Provincial Park we were treated with

Tuesday, August 13, 2019 This morning we packed up the RV to depart from St. John’s. But, first Jane was determined to visit one more site, the world’s largest Costco. As at home, this was top on my list of sites to avoid, but I reluctantly went along knowing that

Monday 12, 2019 Outside the  Fluvarium This morning, we rode our bikes from the campground to visit the nearby Fluvarium. This is a three-story building dedicated to promoting the value of local fresh bodies and surrounded by trailheads to riparian walking trails. The ground floor was dedicated to the registration

Sunday, August 11, 2019 Cape Spear Lighthouse and Bunker Emerging from the Cape Spear Bunker This morning at 9:00, along with another RVing couple, we boarded the Legend Tours van at the campground kiosk for the “Combination Tour” to five sites around the St. John’s area. Our guide, George, was

Saturday, August 10, 2019 This morning, we headed out on our bikes to the Newfoundland & Labrador Folk Festival in Bannerman Park. We were armed with directions to the park from the RV kiosk attendant and a poor map (no astrolabe). Along the unmarked bike trails, we became confused several

Friday, August 9, 2019 Today we completed the final leg to St. John’s via the Trans Canadian Highway. We dieseled-up shortly after leaving Terra Nova National Park and made good time until we came upon stopped traffic. For awhile it was stop-and-roll driving as we zipper-merged, rolled past a construction

Thursday, August 8, 2019 The Indian River Overlookat Blue Canoe Campground The Fresh Veggie Stop – Gambo Look Off Today was another traveling day on our journey from the Newfoundland west coast to St. John’s on the east coast. Before departing the Blue Canoe Campground, we had a nice discussion

Wednesday, August 7, 2019 Today was a traveling day with Jane at the helm. Except for exits for diesel fuel, lunch, and the campground, we progressed along the Trans Canadian Highway (TCH). When I am the driver, Jane can freely go to the rear bathroom, hence, we discovered the disadvantage

Tuesday, August 6, 2019 After breakfast, we walked to the campground office and with the help of our friendly hostess, Alice in Newfoundland, we made reservations at campgrounds for tomorrow night and for this weekend (F-Su). Thursday is still TBA. I also posted yesterday’s blog because the wi-fi at our

Monday, August 5, 2019 Jane and I got up, ate breakfast and broke camp early today. On the way to the ferry, we topped off the diesel tank and added a little DEF (diesel exhaust fuel). We received our tickets at the check-in booth and queued up in lane 11

Sunday, August 4, 2019 Flipping Flapjacks We slept late and again brunched on pecan pancakes in the RV. We agreed that we needed a day of stationariness and so, decided to stay put and enjoy our nice campsite. I took advantage of the good wi-fi and caught up on blogging

Saturday, August 3 After breaking camp, we connected back to the Cabot Trail and headed south around the western side of Cape Breton Island. On a Saturday morning, we almost had the roads to ourselves. Down the road, we exited the Cabot Trail to take a coastal loop for more

Friday, August 2 On the Way to Meat Cove Jane slept until 10:22 this morning! I enjoyed the free time to to continue reading my ebook, The Martian. We hurried to be out of our site by 11:00 and moved to another site at the same campground. We didn’t plug

Thursday, August 1 On Thursday, we awoke to no electricity and very weak water pressure. Due to a rainstorm during the night, the local area was experiencing an electrical outage. So, we had no AC, but we had enough battery power  to make coffee and water in the fresh tank