Terra Nova National Park

 It was a warm 18º but not really pleasant due to the winds gusting to 62 km/h  when we left the campground at 8:45. It was a hold on tight to the steering wheel as we were broadsided  driving south on Route 320, the Road to the Shore. It wasn't any better on the TCH but fortunately we drove only 91 km to Terra Nova National Park.

 

As we passed the city of Gambo, we stopped at "Joey's Look-Out". He was the former premier and "father of Confederation" when Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949. Smallwood was born in Gambo. The lookout gives a view of the city.

                                                        We stopped at the Visitor Centre in Terra Nova National Park

 and bought our annual  National Parks Pass at the senior rate of $64.50 each. 

The park is Canada's most easterly national park, established in 1957 and was the first national park in Newfoundland. It is mostly boreal forest with  bogs. There are many hiking trails and one biking trail.

We had a site with electricity in the Newman Sound Campground. The  large private site backed onto the water,

We discovered that the biking trail was actually a mountain biking trail of moderate difficulty, certainly not for us but we did bike around the campground on the paved roads.

We also took the trail down to Newman Sound and another trail which passed behind our campsite. We were lucky that the rain held off until after our BBQed dinner.
The rain ended overnight.