Day 6 - 7 Sep - Doyles, Nfld to Gros Morne, Nfld

It was a wet, dreary day but nothing could disguise the rugged beauty of Nfld. We decided to head for Gros Morne and after a stop in Corner Brook and Deer Lake, we made it to the KOA near Rocky Point. The nice part about traveling now is that it’s very quiet in the RV parks—and that’s a good thing. This is the only KOA in Nfld and we try to stay in these parks when we can as they have a very high standard which doesn’t often vary.
It appears that it is going to rain most of tomorrow—the last hurrah of Hurricanes Hannah and Ike and I’m not sure what we’ll do--we've booked for 2 nights. The wind has picked up a bit and the radio keeps saying ‘heavy rain’ tonight and tomorrow. We each picked up 3 novels on one of our stops so if it’s really miserable, we may just stay here and relax for the day—not a bad thing. Reports say some sun tomorrow afternoon and sunny Tues so we’ll hope for the best.
I did try to pick up some cables for my camera—with no luck. Each of my cameras has a ‘special’ cable head which just makes me furious but it seems to be the same way with memory cards and batteries. I think I’ll have to get extra ones off the internet from Olympus and just keep them in the van.
The Trans Canada Highway (TCH) that goes around the coast of Nfld is excellent but I remembered from previous trips that once you are on it and see a gas station…stop and fill up…they are few and far between. Roads off the TCH leading to the small towns along the coast end at each location so if you are low on gas and make the run to one of the small towns that happens not to have a gas station…you are screwed. There is one highway which crosses the island but there’s virtually nothing along that stretch. Everything is very green and the landscape is rugged with just enough vegetation to make it interesting. Like most of the Maritimes, there are lots of small lakes, bogs, and rivers and I'm looking forward to better weather to start taking some photos.
In the meantime, no moose, no deer, no raccoons, no road-kill.