The Nomads

Pippy’s Park Campground
Near St John’s


It poured all night; we had a slight break around eight just long enough to pack a wet tent and head up around Conception bay. The most memorable stop on the way was Burgis. What an amazing, neat little town tucked into the nooks and crannies of Conception bay! And just as we were leaving Burgis we came across four young folk musicians who had sat to busk in front of the local convenience store. Nice jam until the banjo player broke a string. I dug out my pliers and patched his string back together, he had no spare, listened to them for a while and headed on up the road.
The rain and fog came back at us for some of the trip north and ALL of the trip south from Heart’s Content and west to clarenville. The rain at times was so heavy I couldn’t see twenty feet in front of me, and with absolutely nothing by way of human presence for over a hundred kilometers, we were committed to press on!
No tenting in store for us tonight; it’ll take all night in the Clarenville Inn just to dry our gear!
The forecast is for more rain and high winds tomorrow….???!!!