Finally some beautiful sunny weather on our last day in Newfoundland. By now, Dave was speaking like a Newfie and mimicking the accent, driving me crazy. The boys enjoyed renting this water tricycle to use on the lake at the KOA. Quite a lovely campground in Gros Morne.
A quick stop in Rocky Harbour for Moose Burgers and then we were on our way!
We were not able to stop overnight in New Brunswick but drove straight on through with only a scenic meander to stretch our legs at Grand Falls. The rocky canyon was actually quite lovely!
However, the Falls themselves are completely controlled by dams for power generation, so very little flow was happening at the time of our visit. I'm sure there's a lovely (or tragic) story that accompanies this photo stop ... but the boys were enjoying jumbo freezies, so we avoided the visitor centre! There's also a zip line across the gorge, but you have to book ahead.
The shadow of our van with the roof rack is pretty cool - thanks to Peter and Becky for allowing us to use it again!
Now, we arrived at the campsite we had scouted out online only to find they were not offering tent camping sites this year due to construction on site. Luckily he recommended another nearby campground, right on the St. Lawrence River near Trois Pistoles. I definitely had to use my French language skills here in Acadia, but it turned out to be my favourite campsite ever! Seriously, there's very little that can compete with this one! I snapped so many photos as we set up the tent, we just told the boys to wander on the beach. The tide was so far out that it was perfect for exploring all under our watchful eye. The campground has benches set up on a grassy area off to the right because *nearly* everyone in the campground comes down to the beach to watch the sunset nightly.
Xavier tried to play on these logs that had been "transformed" into a teeter-totter .... but of course, the girls only spoke French, so I think he just smiled and nodded. 25 hours of French class under his belt does not a conversation make!
What's not to love about a night like this one?? Thank you Quebec!
