The ferry crossing was uneventful and Cordy did okay being confined to the motorhome by herself for nearly 8 hours (total loading, sailing & docking time). She was awful glad to see me when I returned tho.
It was about 6:30 when I got off the boat and made my way to the information centre. I got some advice there about what I could realistically fit in with only 3 full days on the island. So, I made a plan to only go as far as Gros Morne National Park and see as much as I could along the way. I spent the night at T J Cheeseman Provincial Park right near the ferry port.
Newfoundland looks relatively small on the map of Canada but it takes a long time to drive anywhere. It takes over 12 hours to drive from Port Aux Basques to St. John's, NL. The roads vary from being well maintained 2 or 4 lane highways to being narrow potholed corkscrews. They call Newfoundland the "Rock" and now I know why - it is a very big rock!! When you travel the coast line you are climbing over the rocks and descending down to the water over and over again as much as 300 - 400 metres sometimes.
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| This is a good road |
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| This is the kind of terrain the roads have to go over |
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| This is a corkscrew road (although not the worst one) |
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