Monthly Archives: September 2015

Continuing on our new theme of a less energetic vacation we headed out for breakfast, then drove to a park in town for a gentle stroll around some trails. Well gentle didn’t enter into the equation. We finished up doing … Continue reading →

Woke up at our usual time, only to find Deer Lake blanketed in fog, evidently this is unusual as St. John’s usually steals it all. After breakfast we headed out towards Gros Morne National Park for some sightseeing and walks. … Continue reading →

Last night we came to the conclusion that we had set ourselves a fairly arduous schedule, that had us spending too much time getting from A to B to C. We therefore modified today’s schedule from around 350kms driving down … Continue reading →

We headed north from Gander after our night in an RV park motel. Compared to the similar situation we had in Alaska, this one was luxury. Then again, it was no where near the other accommodations we have had on … Continue reading →

Woke up at a respectable hour and had breakfast, it was sunny and clear outside so we were hoping for a good day. Out goal today was to drive around the Bona Vista Peninsular. At the restaurant last night our … Continue reading →

Well St. John’s has not done too much to enamour us, as least weather-wise. We woke up to a wet, foggy drizzly morning, much as we did a few days earlier. We had a lazy start to the day hoping … Continue reading →

Up for an early breakfast, then checkout and head down to the harbour for the ferry across to St. Pierre. The ferry was a large catamaran looking more like a private yacht. The journey took about 50 minutes at 50Km/h, … Continue reading →

Following on from yesterday’s disappointments, today went a lot better. After a great meal last night and the fresh air we had an excellent nights sleep. The six of us all had a good (although maybe not too healthy) breakfast … Continue reading →

There was a choice of a couple of titles for today but I’ll stick with this one as it’s the most family friendly one! Today started out wet, foggy, cloudy, drizzly and anything else that involves liquid precipitation. We had a leisurely breakfast … Continue reading →

Continuing on from our praise of the ferry. We had a buffet dinner to complement our G&T. Buffet dinners are bad for diets! It forced me to eat salmon, beef, ham, pork cod and maybe a vegetable or two. That wasn’t … Continue reading →