After leaving the house/museum we drove back out to the lighthouse to look for whales but none were visible (probably headed south by now anyway) so after a breakfast at Timmies we hit the road. The first two hours were not pleasant with the same kind of weather and road conditions as yesterday.
Eventually things smartened up, and while not sunny at least the roads dried off and I could run with cruise control and easily manoeuvre around the pot holes and ruts.
North of Gros Morne Park we stopped at a place we had wanted to see yesterday but the weather was too nasty then. Today was the day! The park is called Arches Provincial Park and it sure was pretty. The grains of sand are a bit "chunky" but the view was nice. ha-ha
Later we passed the parking lot for the fjord boat tour we took two days ago and it was clear we had chosen the best day as both yesterday and today would have been awful to be out on that fjord lake ("If" the tours were even held).
Soon we were through Gros Morne Park (by-passing Rocky Harbour) and stopped at Deer Lake for a breather. Here Caro took over driving (the final two hours of the seven hour driving day) and I am glad she did because I was getting tired. Caro had to deal with Trans Canada Highway traffic and numerous small rainstorms.
While driving we were debating back and forth if we should stop at Grand Falls-Windsor or carry on to Gander ( a further hour). At one point we had decided on an Air BnB place in Grand Falls so I decided to book it, however as I was in the process of booking on-line we entered a "no service" cell area so the booking never got completed. Once back into a "service" area we changed our minds and were looking at places in Gander but eventually confirmed our Grand Falls Air BnB thought only to find the apartment had been rented to someone else! Oh well.
We got a motel room instead and after a sub for supper we have spent a couple hours in the room relaxing. It is raining again-go figure!
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