Bonavista!

 We left St. John’s this morning and continued for about 3.5 hours to our next destination, Bonavista.  It’s not quite as far north as we are going to get on this trip, but pretty close.  In the late spring and early summer, icebergs float past here.  The drive was really pretty as we drove through the middle part of Newfoundland.  There are so many lakes (called ponds here) that it makes our Minnesota seem desert-like.  

We are pretty far north!

Our campground is about 6km from town.  It’s surrounded by trees and a pond, and our sites surround a small meadow.  It’s quite pretty here.  After getting set up, I made us some sandwiches for lunch, and then Steve and I drove into town to check things out.  We went to a cute brewery that had just ok beer and perhaps the worst mojito I’ve ever had.  I guess refreshing tropical rum drinks are not as common up here in iceberg country… they need a little more practice making them.  

We drove around awhile and admired the shoreline and old wood saltbox style houses here.  They are very picturesque in a stoic kind of way.  We then drove up to the lighthouse and discovered that this area is open to the public to camp on the shore for free.  It’s the first ‘boondocking’ we’ve seen done since we arrived in Canada.  We are thinking about spending our last night there.  It’s right on the water and really beautiful.  We ran the idea past our tail gunner, Butch, and he thought it was a great idea!  

We were back at our campground by 5:00 for a social and review of the next two days itinerary. We have a couple busy days of tours, but this time we won’t be in busses.  We get to drive ourselves which means we also get lunch on our own.  In addition, if there is anything we don’t feel like doing, we aren’t stuck on a bus.  After our little meeting, a few of us gathered by our R.V.  for conversation and drinks.  Unfortunately with the fire ban in Newfoundland, we headed in early when it got chilly outside.  One of the women in our group said the govt. is thinking about banning ATV riding as well.  So, we’ve tucked our propane fire pit away and won’t bring it out until we are back in the states.