Terra Nova Park

June 20th
We caught the 10am ferry at Stag Harbour, there was a long line-up so we were happy to get aboard. From Farewell where the ferry docks we drove on what was supposed to be a scenic loop along the coast via Musgrave Harbour. It was a bit disappointing because a lot of it was inland and all we saw was more trees on both sides of the road... like the route from Gros Morne to Grand Falls. There were some coastal sections and we saw an iceberg in the distance.
We continued down to Terra Nova National Park and set up our tent for a 2 night stay. We were in the Newman Sound campground which is huge but nicely arranged so that most of the sites have some privacy. The season has not really started so there are few campers and the coffee shop-store is not open and none of the normal activities have started. The sites here don’t have fire pits or BBQs. There are some communal ones not too far but since we couldn’t buy firewood it was not a big problem.



June 21st
We trekked along the coast of Newman Sound for a couple of kilometres in the morning and got back to our site just as a light rain started. We made our way to shelter that is equipped with tables and sinks to prepare and eat our lunch. I was finally able to start uploading this blog.
They seem to have a unique water recycling program here:




June 22nd
During the night it rain... and rained. I was stressed out that the tent would leak and we would be floating on our mattress... Suzanne was stressing that the wind would tear the tent apart. Neither happened. After waking in the early morning I started stressing about how we would take the tent down and get packed in pouring rain. Luckily there was a break in the storm at about 6am and we were able to get packed up just in time as the rain started again.
On the way to St. John’s we found an AirBnB in Conception Bay, which is like a suburb. We spent the afternoon exploring Conception Bay including the nature trails right beside where we are staying.
It was a real treat to sleep in a bed with no worries about flooding.


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