Monday, July 3rd - Happy Canada Day, even though two days late. First time we've had wifi for a week, so this tired old blog is way behind schedule. Good for those of you who follow, as it's given you a break from my prattle. But now I'm going to get even.

We've had a great week, despite some rather poor weather. Fog, cool temps, some rain, as well as some good days of sun and warm temps. One day it's sunny and 22. The next day, like yesterday, foggy, drizzly and only 8C. Almost enough to get the long johns out, with the damp and cool temps. But we persevere. Today, it's foggy, but supposed to go to 24, just as we head for the ferry at Argentia. Nova Scotia looks fine, so we're looking forward to some real summer weather. But we'll be sad to leave Newfoundland, as we've really enjoyed our time here.

We had three days of great weather last week, when we were over on Trinity and Conception Bays. Warm and sunny. Heaven sent. We drove up the east side of Trinity Bay to Hants Harbour, and then decided that was enough, as the road wasn't great, and there wasn't much more to see. Just one boring old outport village after another, idyllically set in coves and inlets. Ho hum!! So we headed back, and stopped in Heart's Content, where we had visited three years ago, to see the museum that houses the former receiving center for transatlantic cable services, the first in history. Fascinating to relearn the story of how the cable was laid along the floor of the Atlantic from Ireland to Hearts Content. Now it's just a museum, as that means of communication stopped a few decades ago. It once employed two or three hundred people; now just two or three, there to host in the museum.

Back through Heart's Delight and Heart's Desire to our park, and then on the next day to Cupids. Gotta love the names of the towns and villages in Newfoundland. At Cupids, we did a hike-bike-hike-bike day. Hiked up to the top of the bluff overlooking the harbour for a great view of the area; then biked up hill on the other side of the harbour for 3 kilometers, Gail swearing at me most of the way about the uphill part; then did a lovely 3 k hike out to the edge of the bluffs on the east side of the harbour, for terrific seascape views...and such a nice trail; then bike back to our r.v. Good outing.

Over to our r.v. park in Brigus, just a couple of k's from Cupids, to have another look at one of our favorite towns in the province. We were lined up with 4 or 5 other r.v.s, all from Ontario but for the lone outsider in the midst of us from Alaska. Everywhere we go, we find people from Ontario. We outnumber all others, with B.C. probably in second place. Not too many Americans. Quite a few from Quebec.

I'm going to post this, in  case I lose it, as often happens. So more later, sooner than you think. Stay tuned.