DAY 19 St. John’s to Renew



Quidi Vidi Village

June 7, 2013
Today our rv took us to Signal Hill in St. John’s …. It was windy as could be.  From Signal Hill we got a great view of the harbor and downtown area.  St. John’s is a sprawling city with even more expansion going on.  Downtown has the older buildings with real character and history.   There are walking paths there…some pretty exposed that they close in high winds (which I think they were in the process of doing while we were there).  Blow you off the cliffs!



 

Quidi Vidi Village

 

The Narrows

 

View from Signal Hill of St.John's Harbor

Next we went on to Cape Spear Lighthouse, the eastern most point in North America.  It was about a  30 minute drive from St. John’s.  There is WWII history there; it saw no action but Americans and Canadians



Old Lighthouse at Cape Spear

 

New and Old Lighthouses on Cape Spear

 

 

Our drive along the Avalon Peninsula

were both there to protect.  There is the old lighthouse and a newer lighthouse….and some walking paths.

 

Driving along the Avalon Peninsula

 

View from our walk

 

 

Ferryland

Now we head south through picturesque villages like Petty Harbour.  We stopped in La Manche Provincial Park to do laundry and because it was a weekend, families were streaming in!  Ferryland to take some pictures.

I love this playhouse!

 

 

 

Dinner of freshly prepared burritos in the parking lot of a cemetery enroute…ha!

 

Overnight in the town of Renew (pulloff by the interpretive panels).  We are finding plenty of places to overnight for free in Newfoundland with our 24 foot class c/no toad.  Free camping in Newfoundland is our preference as we don't really need anything (mostly) from the campgrounds.