Aug 23, 2012 - Barachois Provencial Park

Wednesday, August 22, 2012 – Barachois Provencial Park near Stephenville. Before leaving Rocky Harbor, we met a most impressive young couple. They are biking Newfoundland and were on their way to St. Anthony and then to Labrador. They quit their jobs and sold everything they had and started biking. We exchanged emails addresses so hopefully, we can keep up with their travels. Finally got my Moose dinner!! At the turn off of Hwy 430 and the one going to the Tablelands we found the Frontier Restaurant. They serve moose. The owner gets...

Aug 16, 2011 - Leaving on the ferry tonight . . .

Today will be our last day on the island of Newfoundland since we take an overnight ferry to Nova Scotia and start heading towards home. We stopped at the Gros Morne Discovery Center in Woody Point, NL, near our campsite. They have a viewing area to watch the bay and the whales when they are in. Would have loved to stay longer here. Stopped at Gina and Clayton's for dinner before heading to the ferry terminal to get on the long boat ride home. Jainalee was very sad to say goodbye to Ian and Gerard, her newly adopted brothers! We'll all...

Aug 12, 2011 - Ferry and Gina's place

Really glad I put my patch on for the ferry as it is the only thing keeping me from woofing my cookies right now! The kids got to play some video games and check their emails from the ferry. Going to be a long day, but I’m sure the company and views later on will make it all worthwhile. Made it to Gina's pretty early and had a nice visit while we got ready to head up north, as far north as Newfoundland gets! Here is today's photo album: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150357943545199.401044.686465198&type=1&l=0ec4e0cd4d

Aug 2, 2011 - Heading home from Stephenville

Our last couple of days in Stephenville were spent visiting with relatives and seeing the sights one more time. Hazel has lots of relatives still living in the area, her aunt Ria, uncles Fintan and Stan, and several cousins, including Patsy, Mary, and Edna. On Monday, we said goodbye to those living right in Stephenville, loaded up the motorhome and drove the few miles to Clear Brook where uncle Stan and his wife Joan have a nice home in the country. Stan hunts moose every Fall right behind his house, and generally gets one. I parked the...

Jul 20, 2011 - Stephenville, Newfoundland

After a good night's rest in the Walmart parking lot, it was time to find the relatives. Hazel left to walk 4 blocks to visit relatives, who lived in houses side-by-side, while I worked on the computer updating this travel blog. In a while she was back, and we drove over to see her Aunt Ria and cousin Edna. Aunt Ria lives in Hazel's grandmother's house. Her grandmother was alive when I was last her 36 years ago, and she died about a year later. Uncle Stan lives a few miles away, and we'll get over to see him tomorrow. The last time I was...

Sep 20, 2010 - The Port au Port

Igor is getting close. Expected to hit St John's today. Who can believe we have been here a month and experienced two hurricanes, Earl and Igor. The good thing is Earl hit the west side and we were on the east and Igor is hitting the east and we are on the west. Good planning on our part. Packed a picnic lunch and headed to the coast which is the most western part of Newfoundland. It is a peninsula called Port au Port. No idea what that means. It is the last of the french areas in Newfoundland. Beautiful drive along the ocean. Cliffs,...

Sep 4, 2010 - Kippens, NL - Zenzville Campground

The drive down to Kippens was 125 miles, about half of it in the rain/drizzle. I don't mind driving in it but it sure makes picture taking a challenge as well as putting half the dirt in Newfoundland on the Mothership and Libby. I almost washed the Mothership Wednesday but I figured it would be a lost cause with this weekend's trips - I was right for once. We are staying at the Zenzville Campground in Kippens with 30 amps and water, no WiFi and so-so cell service. It is a nice park with very large sites for a private campground. We...

Aug 12, 2010 - Thursday Stephenville, NL

Today was a lazy day. We took a drive down a road where Bob remembered see a large bird’s nest. We found it but as soon as I got out to take a few pictures, the mother bird started squawking and flew to a tree a few yards away. The nest was built on a man-made wood platform. We’ve seen lots of these platforms throughout Canada. Bob believes the birds were osprey. There were 2 baby birds (although they were almost as big as the mother) in the nest. We did some grocery shopping. There was a liquor store next door so stocked up on wine. Barb...

Aug 11, 2010 - Wednesday Stephenville NL

Today we set out to see the end of the Cape of St George. Our destination was Park – Boutte du Cap, a spot that was where the Bay of St. George meets the Gulf of St Lawrence. Our trip there should be very scenic as we have the bay on the one side and the steep treed hill on the other. The weather was beautiful for a drive – even Darby was enjoying herself as we put the windows down to enjoy the great temperatures (sorry Florida it’s about 72 today). As we began to climb a rather steep hill and the water changed to the other side of the...

Jul 23, 2010 - Stephenville, Newfoundland

Drove the RV from Codroy Valley, Newfoundland to Deer Lake, Newfoundland. The drive was beautiful - really love the mountains on this island. We saw so many amazing coves and lakes and rivers today and massive, steep mountains. Along the way we stopped and dropped our RV and my parents RV off outside of Stephenville so we could take the Jeep to tour the coast in that area. We drove a fantastic loop drive through along the water. The cliffs were beautiful with a few water falls where streams fell into the ocean. Everything is very green....

Jul 30, 2009 - Stephenville

Due to the escapades of the previous day, our timing was offset. We don't usually make reservations, and this is the reason why. So we only stayed one day in the Stephenville area and took a short car ride even with impending rain. We got out on the peninsula that was French until the early 1900's. It seems the only reason the French wanted it was for the fishing rights. They wanted the cod, and left the 'trash fish' to the locals - salmon and lobster. You were considered po' folk when seen eating lobster. Oh, how times have changed. We...

Jul 13, 2009 - Final Pictures

Well I'm home. Mum and Dad are in Nova Scotia at Olga's for the night and will be heading back Tuesday. Dave is in Toronto at a military conference for two weeks. This is our final entry in our journal, its the pictures of our last 3 days in Newfoundland. Keep in mind the pictures cannot do the actual scenery justice. The first pictures are from the Newfoundland Insectarium in Deer Lake. The butterflies and larva are in the pavilion, once they form pupa they are put in the nursary until the hatch and then are taken back into the...