DAY 8: Waiting for our spot on the ferry to Newfoundland

Our Ferry

May 27, 2013
Our drive in our motorhome today was short…to the ferry terminal to get us to Newfoundland.  Our reservation was for May 31^st but we decided to glide in and see if they could take us…45 minutes before departure.  Of course, that was a no so we changed it to be the next morning.  The nice lady didn’t charge us a change fee.  She also warned us about the Moose in Newfoundland.  They are big, dumb, and numerous and hard to see in the dark so don’t drive in the dark if you can help it (we weren’t planning on it).  There are about 125,000 Moose in Newfoundland and about 520,000 people; they have moose hunts three times per year to try and thin the numbers.  I would like to see one but not run into one a close range.

As you can see the ferry is a huge ship designed to carry motorhomes, other rvs, and HUGE trucks and construction equipment for the journey to Newfoundland.  Each vehicle is chained down to the
ship.... Taking our 24 foot motorhome over on the ferry to Newfoundland cost us about $250 one way.  We will be rving in Labrador so we only want one way.

There were two restaurants that were well rated in North Sydney (The Lobster Pound and Black Spoon Bistro) but both were closed (one renovating and one maybe just not opened for the season).  So we had a delicious lunch at the Waterside restaurant right on the water in North Sydney (commercial street).  I had fish and chips and a fabulous fish soup (the fish and chips was a once in a trip event, I swear it).    Hang out in the public parking area right by the Waterside for hours…catching up on blog, notes, walk the harbor walk.  Sleep in parking lot of Tourist Info Center/Waterfront Restaurant/public parking area.  We decided that since we could hear clanging and noise coming from the Ferry area (very close by) that this would be quieter and it was…although we could hear some noise coming from that area….good decision.

 

North Sydney Waterfront

Today we also did a good vacuum job on the motorhome and then installed carpet protector.  It behaved like sticky cling wrap and was a pain to install but will keep the carpets looking new (but ugly with the plastic on them).  I dislike having any carpets in an rv…linoleum is so much easier to clean.  The dirty, beaten down carpet look is nasty...and so is the plastic wrap cover...hahah!  That was our second project to do on the road. (The first was Reflectix for the bedroom windows).

This is our first time having an rv with a generator and I have to say that “Jenny” is wonderful.  Although we haven’t used it that much, it is REALLY nice to have.   I can nuke up hot packs for my back, nuke up a quick cup of tea, nuke up a premade dinner meal from the freezer.   Our rv adventure to Newfoundland is going well.