It was a foggy morning when we stopped at a local cafe for coffee before we headed west. We were off to Argentia on the west side of the Avalon Peninsula to catch our ferry home to Nova Scotia on Thursday. We wanted to stay off the Trans Canada as
We said goodbye to our queen sized bed and back in the van we went. To be honest, after over 4 weeks travelling with the van I kind of missed sleeping in it. First stop on our way to the southern Avalon Peninsula was Cape Spear. A special place as
We got to St. John’s early afternoon after scenic drive around Conception Bay. We stopped at a quilt shop that Cathy has been eying, and she managed to find a few patterns and bits of fabric. Next stop was the historic district of Quidi Vidi. Wandered around the craft
Our drive from Terra Nova to Roaches Line was not the best fun I’ve had! It was very windy and the van was getting knocked around a lot. Just one of the joys of travelling in an old Westfalia! Regardless, we made it safely. The RV park we went
The first order of business when we left to head for Terra Nova was to find somewhere to do laundry. Not as easy as we‘d hoped. There is a distinct lack of coin laundromats in Newfoundland. Our first stop was Gander, a good sized town so surely there’d
The title sounds like a bad adult pun gone wrong, but it‘s the name of the Provincial park we were staying in. Oddly, it’s actually not even near the town of Dildo in Newfoundland! We had a nice drive from Baie Verte on a hot and sunny day.
We left Deer Lake in pouring rain, and the drive along the Trans Canada was interesting. Like all major highways in Canada, the heavy truck traffic has worn ruts into the pavement that nicely fill with water when it rains. Our van is quite light on the front end and
We stopped in Deer Lake and got a nice little cottage for a couple of nights. No real plans, just a bit of a break from the van. Saturday we took a drive out to the Sir Richard Squires Provincial Park to see the falls. I got talking to a
We had a nice relaxed morning then drove into St. Anthony for our boat tour at 13:00. The weather forecast for the day had been for rain all day, but that changed and we while we had a foggy morning and a bit of drizzle, it cleared by late
We left Gros Morne on another grey foggy day and headed north to our stop for the night, Port au Choix. First stop though was at Cow Head, there’s a yarn shop there that Cathy wanted to visit. We got there a bit early so took advantage of the
Our last couple of days at Gros Morne have been busy but not hectic. Saturday, we went for a nice coastal walk from our campground at Green Point south along the coast for 3 km then back. It was a foggy day, but you could hear the lobster boats out
On Thursday we left Stephenville and started working our way up towards Deer Lake. I thought for sure there would be a gas station somewhere along the way, so didn’t worry too much. I was wrong about there being a gas station. We did make it to Deer Lake,