It was cool and sunny to start, but a beautiful warm day (low 70’s) emerged as the hours progressed. Prior to leaving, Jim spent some time with a large roll of Duck Tape hoping to seal up the inoperative grey water dump drain. We’ll see how it works Monday morning!
It was another pretty drive through very sparsly populated areas, and we saw some interesting sights along the roadway.
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| Rock crib for electric lines |
Moose warning signs
are abundant, but more interesting were the way utility poles are mounted in
wooden “cribs” filled with stones. Much
of the island is granite and/or rock, and it would be prohibitively expensive
to drill holes for the utility poles.
Eventually we reached the pretty (and large!) port city of Corner Brook. We used the noontime stop there to diesel up, grocery shop at Sobey’s, catch up on our email and Facebook traffic, and lunch on McDonald’s offerings in the RV. Both of us like milkshakes, and we found throughout Canada the McDonald's ones taste different from those in the states. Not as good! Jim thought they added malt to them.
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| Corner Brook Harbor |
After
driving for two hours, again through picturesque but unpopulated areas, we
decided to stop at the Kona Beach Resort campground in South Bank, Green Bay. It is situated on a lake in the middle of nowhere! It was so full we allmost couldn’t get in! It’s
clearly a weekend spot for young families with trailers, which are left there
during the week. We probably got the last 30amp spot. All the folks in the surrounding trailers
seemed to know each other, and we were the only vehicle in the campground
without a NL plate. The campground is fairly large, on a lake with a nice beach and snack bar. They only take cash, but it’s tough to beat a $29.90 (Canadian) rate! As a side note, all the campgrounds we’ve stayed at in Canada are less expensive than equivalent US ones, even before taking into account the exchange rate. Jim cooked, then we had a nice walk down to the beach. Becky read and Jim worked on his pictures and blog.
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| Kona Beach campground |
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