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Driving up the Trans
Canada Highway in Newfoundland on our way to the Grand
Codroy Valley RV Resort, we were happy to be back
on the road again after six hours on the Marine Atlantic
ferry.
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had come to Newfoundland to resume an Atlantic holiday
that began the summer before. Running out of time
after touring Nova Scotia, PEI and New Brunswick,
I vowed to return at the first opportunity so that
I could experience what some fellow RVers I had met
described as their favourite province of all.
Newfoundland is the 17th largest island in the world.
With a landmass of more than 406,628 square kilometers,
it is larger than the three Maritime Provinces I had
visited the summer before. Sharon Lockey, a fellow
Calgarian whom I have known since the fourth grade,
and I set out to explore the Rock in Roadtrek's nimble
190 Popular Class B van, which was generously provided
for the trip by Home and Park Motorhomes in Kitchener,
Ontario, with the assistance of Stone's RV in New
Glasgow, Nova Scotia, a prominent Roadtrek dealer
located just outside of Halifax.
Our first stop was the North Sydney ferry dock, to
cross from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland. Marine Atlantic
charged $375 round trip for two passengers and our
Roadtrek for the six-hour crossing. Because the ferry
departs first-thing in the morning, we overnighted
at the family-owned and operated Arm of Gold Campground,
conveniently located near the ferry dock.
After landing in Newfoundland the next morning at
Port aux Basque, we slowly made our way along the
Trans Canada. Concerned about the fog and the decreasing
visibility, I called the Codroy Valley RV Park on
my cell phone. Codroy Valley's Alice Keeping informed
me that the weather would change once I rounded the
bend at Wreckpoint, and she was right. The weather
cleared almost instantly, and we easily found our
way to the pretty RV park nestled beside of the Grand
Codroy River.
With the towering peaks of the Anguille Mountains
and Long Range Mountains on either side of it, the
Grand Codroy Valley RV Park is situated close to so
many attractions that one could easily spend a week
there. We spent two days, and enjoyed every moment
of our stay.
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(Read full article in the magazine.)
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