Dear Gilles,
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!
WE MISS YOU!
We're settled at Pippy Park - an urban campground in St. John's. We're on the second to last tent site that is butted up against Allendale Road, a busy street. We face on to the giant RV parking field. It's wide open. There's no wind today, but it's just not a pretty camp site. Luckily I had a reservation though because the tent sites are full. Each site has a 15amp outlet for charging devices, which is handy and I think a lot of private/regional campgrounds are going in that direction for tent sites. St. Lawrence Parks had a section of plug-in tent sites.
We found breakfast at the nearest Tim Horton's.
We drove downtown St. John's today. Checked out George street at 10am. Places were busy with brunch customers.
We parked where I could find a spot - which was near the harbour - and took a little walk to the Terry Fox Memorial. I didn't know there was one here, so I was pleasantly surprised at MILE 0. There was a plaque that pictured the Thunder Bay monument and others that told the story and a brief biography. The site itself is tucked out of the way of anyone casually driving by. You have to go and search it out based on street-post sign directions.
Beside our truck - and making the St.John's landmark list - was a giant pile of road salt.
We also found Jelly Bean row. Which was also nice to find on a quiet Sunday, where parkiing was easy and traffic was low.
The Fluvarium is open on weekends this time of year. It boasts nine underground windows to see brown trout in their natural freshwater habitat. It was a nice visit.
We wished Cousin a Happy 3rd Birthday from the pile of salt.
I still need to do some research on what our next few days look like. This is the last leg of the sightseeing portion of the trip. Once we get on the ferry to the mainland we'll be looking westward all the rest of the way.
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