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| MV Highlanders |
It
was 15 miles to the ferry, and we arrived early at 8:30 and found ourselves
first in one of the queues! Ferry
boarded at 10:30, and we settled into our reserved reclining seats by the
windows at the back of deck 9 (highest inside deck). The ship was virtually empty, even though we
had been expecting it to be full! A Crew
member said their were only about 200 passengers, instead of the usual
700! It was a beautiful day, a very
smooth 7 hour crossing to Port aux Basques, but actually pretty boring. We could have watched TV, but read, napped, &
had some snack food on the trip.
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| Our cabin area |
Though
our watches said arrival was at 7:00p, it was really 7:30 as Newfoundland is ½
hour ahead of Atlantic time.
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| First View of Newfoundland |
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Entering the Port-aux-Basques Harbor
After
unloading, 25 miles later we were at the Grand Codroy Campground in Doyles, NL. We checked in behind a Florida couple we had met on the boat-a former Marine,
of course! The lady in the camp office couldn't have been friendlier or more helpful, and was a wealth of information. They even publish a publicity booklet with suggestions on things to see and places to stay all over the island. Our site was beautiful, and the whole campground is well laid out. It was once a Provincial Park, and it's surrounded by mountains and is on the water. We will look forward to staying here 3 nights before we depart for Nova Scotia! Only complaints about the campground were no TV and poor WiFi. This is a good place to note about campground amenities. Throughout Newfoundland, cable TV is virtually non-existent. Internet is very spotty. Radio channels are pretty limited, too. In a few of the larger cities, we could get one or two channels over the air, but that was it. It really didn't matter, though, as we had plenty to do!
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| Grand Codroy Campground |
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