Date:         Fri, 1 May 1998 08:04:41 -0230
Reply-To:     Philip Menchions <pbj2003@INFONET.ST-JOHNS.NF.CA>
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From:         Philip Menchions <pbj2003@INFONET.ST-JOHNS.NF.CA>
Subject:      Re: Newfoundland Trip details
Comments: To: Stephen Davis <sdavis@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
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On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Stephen Davis wrote:

> Gary Clendening wrote:
> >
> > Any more interest in going to Newfoundland this summer?  The ferry trip from
> > Nova Scotia to Newfoundland is about $200 round trip (almost 200 miles round
> > trip!) and the drive could be 2000 miles on the island to see everything. I
> > can print up a plan for the list if you wish.
> >
>
> Hey Volks
>         My wife and 3 year old son are planning to go to Newfoundland
> this August!  We have been 3 times before for a total of over 8 weeks.
> One of the main reasons for buying our westie was to make this trip.  We
> have LOTS of info on the place and would love to share it with the list.
>  Newfoundland also has some good web sites to check out.  If you have
> not been there, it is one of the most amazing places in the world.  Gros
> Morne National Park is a UNESCO world heritage sight because of the wild
> geological formations.  It was legal to camp anywhere you wanted last
> time we were there, and with a Westie the camping would be great.  The
> Newfoundlanders camp alot, they call it pit camping because it is they
> do it in borrow pits from road construction.  Hey, I'm rambling, I love
> this place.....
>
> Later,
> Stephen Davis
> 85 Westie
> Wilton, ME
>
You can still camp anywhere you want. There was a move affoot by
government to clamp down on this last year but there was such an uproar
they soon thought the better of it.

Not everybody caamps in gravel pits. One of the nice things about the
place is that the shoreline is public access ( that includes lakes and
rivers as well ).

Phil,
'89 Westy