Day 16: Triton NL

Our first Iceberg sighting

May 27: We made our way to Triton Newfoundland today under beautiful gorgeous blue skies. It was only 133 miles, but the roads were good. We left Steady Brook Falls about 9:30 this morning and arrived in Triton around 2pm. We stopped for Fuel ($5.08/Gal) in Deer Lake, and also made a grocery stop at Foodland. Tonights boondock spot sponsor is the Sperm Whale Museum were we are staying. They have an RV dump and fresh water, all no charge. We dropped the Jeep and drove up the spit into town. We stopped at the local store and bought fresh cooked lobsters for $14CAN. We also hiked Cobbler's Trail in Brighton and saw our first Iceberg, it was huge, but they said it was much bigger several weeks ago when it arrived. We ate next door to the whale museum at Fudge's Resturant and had some great fish & chips, fried chicken, and scallops. It was an awesome day on the road in Newfoundland. We finished off the day sitting outside our RV enjoying the view of the bay, when a local came by and offered us some Iceberg ice that he chipped off the iceberg this morning. We mixed up some iceberg ice old fashions and toasted to a wonderful day.

Miles: 133 / 3279

Badger Bay

Iceberg #1

Whale Museum boondock spot

Iceberg Ice Old Fashion

Scored a chunk of Iceberg Ice

Town of Brighton NL

Cobbler's Trail Lookout Hike

Day 15: Newfoundland

We were greeted this morning with sunshine at 7:30am as we pulled into port. We woke up early at 5am to see the sunrise from the. boat. but only saw fog. As we came into view of the shoreline, the fog disappeared, the sun came out and we had a beautiful welcome view. We grabbed some hot coffee from the cafe and headed up to the sun deck for pics and the view. It was COLD, 45 degrees! bundle up guys we are not in Texas anymore. We drove off the boat in the RV towing the jeep and headed north. It was 111 miles across the water, and we made it 140 miles to Corner Brook where we parked for the night at the Steady Falls Trailhead. We hiked, watched them zip line over the falls and got in a bike ride too. Ice Cream at the local gift shop was pretty tasty too.

Day 14: Ferry Day

May 25: From Sussex to Sydney, was a 347 mile day. No rain today and partly sunny. The drive was beautiful as the country side was deep green as spring is here and the snow is gone. We make it to Sydney and meetup with Craig and Kim that we will be traveling with for the next two months in Newfoundland. After we met up in the Wal-Mart parking lot, we did some last minute grocery shopping and dinner. I also had to take the bikes of the back of the jeep along with the rack and stuff them inside to get down to the 50' length limit to get on the Ferry boat. We then headed over to the Ferry Terminal about 7pm to wait in line for our 11pm departure. They loaded us on the Ferry aroiund 10:30 and did not push off until 11:30ish. We made a quick tour of the ship, and then it was off to bed, the four of us in a pretty tight/small cabin. Showers were good and hot. G'Nite, tomorrow, Newfoundland! ETA 7:30am, sunrise 5:15am Yikes!

Miles 347 / 2895

St. George Bay

Canso Causeway Bridge

Light house on St. George Bay

Ferry Terminal Line up

Ferry Terminal Line up

Wal-Mart Meetup with Craig & Kim

Day 13: Border Crossing

May 24: Today we head to the border and into Canada. I forgot our whole folder of paper work, so I had to get Don & Jaqueta our neighbors to go into our house and scan some docs to email to me. Border guys did not even ask about vehicle info, insurance, registration, etc. they were just concerned about what we were bringing into Canada, guns, produce, drugs, etc. They had us pull over and they searched the RV while we waited outside. We were cleared and on our way, did not lose any produce, eggs, or food like we thought we might. All good, and no crowds, only one car was in front of us. Evidently the herd is not going north just yet for the summer. It is May 24th the Friday before Memorial day at 5pm and I thought many people would be at the crossing. Non-event, so we moved on to Wal-mart for the night in Sussex, NB Canada. It started to rain at the border crossing and we got wet all the way to Sussex. I saw that Don and Jaqueta were outside playing corn hole enjoying the last of the cool weather in Texas from our security camera when checking on the house tonight.

Miles: 353 / 2548

Wal-Mart Stop

Cornhole back home

Day 12: Bayley's Resort

 

Pine Point Beach

We spent the day at Baytley's RV resport here in Scarborough ME just south of Portland. This is a huge RV park with over 700 sites, and it looks like they are gearing up for a full Memorial day weekend. Weather was warm and in the 80's today but much cooler at the beach. We rode the bikes to Pine Point and Old Orchard Beach. Not much traffic just yet but lots of delivery trucks and last minute repair jobs were in the works for the holiday weekend season opener ahead. Stopped for lunch at the "Clambake" for a cup of chowder, the fried fish looked good but we avoided that. We got the pickleball net out and play some on the basketball court. Yoli went shopping and I worked on a leaky leveler jack. Called it a night just after 8pm and watched a movie on Netflix. Tomorrow is border crossing day into Canada at Calais, ME.

Old Orchard Beach

Old Orchard Beach Pier

Clambake Restaurant