Traveling Newfoundland- Recommendations needed

Hello Canada,

my wife and i will spend our holiday from middle September to beginning
of October in Newfoundland. We will travel by car and by tent and we are
looking forword to spend most of the time in the two national parks
Terra Nova and Gros Mome.

We will start from St. Johns, and i am looking for a good (big)
supermarked in the airport area. We will also need some propane for our
camping stove, so i need a hardware store or outdoor outfitter.
Any recommendations where to go for the first shopping?

I also appreciate any recommendation for a campground in the St Johns
Area. We will arrive at 2:30 pm, so - after getting our car and do the
shopping - we would like to set up our camp and have a rest to get rid
of the jet lag ... not too far away, not too crowded, if possible some
nice nature area....
Is there a nice campground to stay close to St. Johns?

Any other recommendation for activities or nice places to see in
Newfoundland are welcome.

Thanks

Stefan

mrbutcher wrote:
> Hello Canada,
>
> my wife and i will spend our holiday from middle September to beginning
> of October in Newfoundland. We will travel by car and by tent and we are
> looking forword to spend most of the time in the two national parks
> Terra Nova and Gros Mome.
>
> Any other recommendation for activities or nice places to see in
> Newfoundland are welcome.
>
> Thanks
>
> Stefan

Man you are in for a treat -- although now that I look more closely
at your note, I think it might be a little chilly in late September...

But Gros Morne will blow your mind.
Ride the boat in Western Brook Pond. Take pictures of Baker Brook
Falls --
best in the pm. Stop at the Broome Point Fishing Village -- I intended
to
run in 10 min for a picture and ended up staying 2 hours, learned how
to
bait a lobster trap, how to set cod lines, etc.
Hike the Tablelands -- where 2 tectonic plates rub together. It is a
wonderful place.
Continue up the coast to L'Anse aux Meadows where they've found
evidence
it was an authentic Viking village dating back to about 1000 AD.

Don't know where you're starting but first (we drove from Illinois)
we enjoyed Fundy National Park and particularly the Alexander Graham
Bell NHS. The ferry ride was very pleasnt. And on the return trip
we went through Cape Breton Highlands N Park.

Once in Canada we always stayed at B&B's and enjoyed every one of
them.

Re weather, we were there in late June and there were still icebergs
in the Strait of Belle Isle. The captain of the ferry said he could
promise to get us TO Labrador for a quick visit, but could NOT
guarantee
he would be able to bring us back at the end of the day.

> Man you are in for a treat -- although now that I look more closely
> at your note, I think it might be a little chilly in late September...

I`d just like to add my thanks for this little lot - quite fancy looking
around there myself now !

We only had 4 days in NL so only explored the western part up to Gros
Morne. Actually, just a few miles north of Gros Morne there are a
couple spots worth a look: Three Arches and Ethies Cove. We found the
Visitor's Centers throughout eastern Canada invaluable. They helped us
find inexpensive B&Bs, even made the phone calls for us, often on the
shortest possible notice. We rarely knew ahead of time where we would
stay overnight but knew if we got to a Visitor's Center (big "?" sign)
they would hook us up with something good. Of course, if you can book a
day ahead that's better, but your trip will be after tourist season so
I cannot imagine any problem.

If you are in Rocky Harbor on a night Anchors Aweigh is having a pub
night (ask about it), DO NOT MISS IT. Memories of this little musical
group stand out in our 6 week trip. ---Ken

In article <42eb6754$0$11759$9b4e6d93@newsread4.arcor-online.net>,
mrbutcher <mrbutcher@arcor.de> wrote:

> Hello Canada,
>
> my wife and i will spend our holiday from middle September to beginning
> of October in Newfoundland. We will travel by car and by tent and we are
> looking forword to spend most of the time in the two national parks
> Terra Nova and Gros Mome.
>
> We will start from St. Johns, and i am looking for a good (big)
> supermarked in the airport area. We will also need some propane for our
> camping stove, so i need a hardware store or outdoor outfitter.
> Any recommendations where to go for the first shopping?
>
> I also appreciate any recommendation for a campground in the St Johns
> Area. We will arrive at 2:30 pm, so - after getting our car and do the
> shopping - we would like to set up our camp and have a rest to get rid
> of the jet lag ... not too far away, not too crowded, if possible some
> nice nature area....
> Is there a nice campground to stay close to St. Johns?
>
> Any other recommendation for activities or nice places to see in
> Newfoundland are welcome.
>
> Thanks
>
> Stefan