Thursday, June 24, 2010

Sunday, we picked up our friends, Dave and Ruth Buck, at the Halifax airport. We spent the night at the RV park in Halifax and drove to North Sydney, Nova Scotia, and stayed at the KOA. The park is only a short drive to the Newfoundland Ferry.

Tuesday we crossed over to Newfoundland on the Caribou. It was a huge ship. It had two decks for cars and trucks. The lower level was just for semi trailers and the level above had RV's, commercial trucks, and cars. The trip took just over six hours and the sea was very calm. Here's a picture of Connie and Ruth by the life raft, just in case.

We spent our first night on the "Rock" (Newfoundland) not too far from where we got off the ferry. On Wednesday, we drove to Red Deer, very close to Gros Morne National Park. , and they came and met us. We picked up six nice lobsters and went to their cottage for a lobster dinner. They had a place for us to park overnight and things worked out great. Again, we are thankful for all of the friends we have from South Texas. There's a picture of Clarence and Jean with Connie and the Bucks. There's also a nice picture of Clarence putting the lobster in the pot.

Today, we drove into Gros Morne National Park, to Rocky Harbor and our campground. The big attraction at the park is a boat ride on Western Brook Pond. It's a beautiful ride with lots on high rock walls and many water falls. In order to take the boat ride, you have to hike 3 km from the parking lot to the dock. But the hike was worth it. The boat ride was tiring for some of us, as you can see from the photo of Dave taking a short nap.

On the way back to the RV, we stopped to see one of the earlier light houses on the island. We picked up some fresh cod fish and had another nice dinner.

We're going to spend one more day in Gros Morne and then head to Labrador.