Aug 7th & 8th - Nova Scotia to Newfoundland

Aug 7th - Thurs - to North Sydney NS
We only had an hour drive today so took our time getting up & going. We checked into the Arms of Gold RV park just out of North Sydney - more grass sites that were pretty waterlogged. The guy leading us to our site asked Terry to put the truck in 4-wheel drive BEFORE he started spinning so he wouldn’t tear up the campground like the guy beside us did when he left.
The sun came out so we took a walk and ended up chatting with a couple (brother & sister) from Kelowna until Terry had to take the truck into Sydney. I puttered around the rig and enjoyed some quiet time with a book while he was gone. It didn’t take long to fix the truck (to the tune of $639 - good thing there was only an hour of labor on top of the $401 for the part!) so when Terry got back we headed out to find a grocery store and some diesel.
We had planned on barbequed ribs for dinner and stuck with it even when clouds moved back in. Terry only got sprinkled on a little bit.

Aug 8th - Fri - to Newfoundland
We had a reservation on the 12:30 ferry and had to be there at least one hour ahead. We killed some time by walking a short ways to a discount store and browsing around. Saw many items there that I had bought yesterday and they were all cheaper at the discount store.
Got to the ferry terminal about 10:30 and there were already a lot of vehicles there. I used some of the wait time to make some a lunch to eat on the ferry and we chatted with several people. Terry was so happy when we arrived to see that the whole nose of the ferry opens and lifts up for level vehicle access. The ferry has two entire vehicle decks with a permanent ramp leading to the top deck.
We were late loading but it didn’t take too long and we were on board at 1:00. We were parked so close to a semi trailer (no tractor, just the trailer supported on a big metal stand) that I could barely squeeze between and open the door to put Dolly in the 5th wheel.
I am glad that the trip was only 6 ½ hours. We watched a movie (The Bucket List - again) and spent some time in the bar listening to 2-man band perform a wide variety of music with one of the guys playing an accordion for most of the numbers. Had Poutine for a snack just before we arrived but it is nothing special without Lamaire cheese.
The weather was nice when we arrived and we had a short 20 mile drive to the RV park. After we set up, Terry went to a free pile of wet firewood and stocked up. He was having a hard time getting a fire going so a neighbor came over with a bag of shavings which did the trick. The neighbor is from Newfoundland and he and another guy (from Peachland B.C.) from right beside us joined us for a while by the fire.