Goodbye Newfoundland

 Today was the sad day that we left the beautiful and friendly province of Newfoundland.  Fortunately, we are back in beautiful and friendly province of Nova Scotia! 

Until next time, wonderful Newfoundland 

We were in line at the ferry terminal by 8:30 this morning.  It was a little too early and cold for us to tailgate like we did prior to the trip to Newfoundland.  At about 11:00 they started loading the ferry… and our RV ignition wouldn’t turn on.  It wasn’t recognizing the key, and we were having a slight panic attack! Steve had me grabbing the spare keys while all the vehicles in front of us got on the ferry.  Everyone behind us was stuck, we couldn’t move, so the ferry employees just started loading the next row.  They weren’t going to wait.  Holy-cow, we were freaking out!  Fortunately, the other key eventually worked and we were able to pull forward - whew!  We had the same thing happen as we tried to leave the ferry at the end of the trip.  For a few seconds, neither key was working.  Steve did get it to start, but clearly we need to,figure out what was going on.  Our RV is on. Mercedes chassis and the amount of electrical systems is crazy.  Steve thinks it might be a battery in the fob.  Getting stuck on a ferry with 20 RVs behind us would not have been fun!  I’m sure the employees have a solution for problems like that, but I’m really glad we didn’t have to find out! 

The little one with the blue truck is us

This ferry carried several semi-trucks!

This was taken just minutes before we couldn’t start the RV

The ferry ride itself was uneventful.  They had a nice dining room with adequate food, and a bar with Steve’s new fave beer, Calm Tom.  After lunch we were in a lounge area with seats that recline.  Most of us were there, and it was funny because almost everyone fell asleep.  Not just us either, lots of other passengers.  The snoring ‘choir’ was pretty funny.  

Our campground is only about three miles from the ferry, so we all pulled in together.  We are in pull-through sites which is the first time that’s happened since the tour started.  A pull through site is one that is usually 50’ or longer and you don’t need to disconnect your tow vehicle.  You just pull in, and can then drive forward to pull out when you leave.  These even have full hookups… electricity, water, and sewer.  Yahoo! Steve and I always try to get this kind of site when we are staying somewhere one night and just plan to sleep then get up and go.  Not having to unhook the car (when we don’t plan to use it) is nice.   

Tomorrow we have a tour so I’ll have more to report!  See you then!