May 22, 2006

May 22, 2006

Doyles to Gander, Newfoundland

YEAR 2 DAY 339

 

Today was cloudy and cool, with intermittent rain.

We drove about 550 km. / 330 mi. today. That's much further than we usually drive in a day. Joanne's strategy for exploring Newfoundland was to drive hard from the ferry at Port aux Basques across Newfoundland all the way to St. John's, and then begin exploring from there, working our way around the province back to Port aux Basques.

This morning we prepared for departure from Grand Codroy RV Camping. Just before leaving, Joanne walked to the office to pay last night's camping fee. Gee ... camping and diesel fuel on Newfoundland are obviously going to be a lot more expensive than on the mainland. We departed, heading northeast along the Trans-Canada Highway 1. We stopped for lunch just before reaching Corner Brook. We stopped to refill with diesel at Deer Lake. We changed drivers a couple of times today. Joanne drove twice, for about an hour each time. It was her first time driving Lanoire with Harvey hitched on. The second hour she drove, it was raining, so she got some experience driving Lanoire and Harvey on wet roads, in 4 x 4 mode.

From Deer Lake to Grand Falls-Windsor was a whole lot of nothing. All we've seen of Newfoundland so far was forested wilderness. And one moose. We stopped for the night at Country Inn & Trailer Park on the outskirts of Gander. While Joanne prepared supper, I took Bo for a brief obedience session, then I applied the Newfoundland decal to the travel map on the side of the trailer. After supper I did today's accounting and journal entry.

DSK