OOPS!!

July 10, 2017  Monday

Gorgeous morning in this beautiful campground.  Our site is surrounded by birch trees and the light coming through the leaves is so serene.  We plan to head out to our next destination…Gros Morne National Park.  We have reservations at the Gros Morne/Norris Point KOA.

After packing up we started out.  Jim, of course, was driving the motorhome and I was guiding…somewhat.  I was in front and watching to make sure Jim did not hit any of the trees in front.  We had looked all around the motorhome and thought we had plenty of touring radius…we were sadly wrong.  As Jim was turning and I was watching I heard a horrible cracking.  Of course, I had Jim stop immediately.  I walked around to find a tree…a multi-trunk tree stuck in the back of the motorhome.  We hit the tree just at the seam where the side panels and the cap end come together.  The passenger side cap was pulled away and the access door for the radiator reservoir was hanging as well as the back light fixture.  A couple of men who heard the noise came over and one of the park workers came soon after that.  The park worker (Thad) went and got a very thick and long strap and a front loader and managed to pull the trees back and free the motorhome.  Jim moved it back and then they all got to work pulling chunks of the back off.  Thad asked us to move the rig to his workshop where they strapped it all back as secure as possible, put gorilla tape across the top seam and sides to help weather proof and even managed to attach and hook up the brake light fixture.  All the men in the park were amazing.  They had such a friendly attitude and were very laid back.  Jim wanted to compensate them for the materials and all the work but they would not hear of it.  That’s just what Newfie’s do!  Anyway, we got on our way with lots of good luck wishes.  They did a wonderful job of it because it was all still perfectly together once we got to Norris Point.

Once set up in camp Jim and I went into Rocky Harbour to find strong wifi so Jim could call the insurance company about the damage.  We found it at the local bank.  After taking care of that we went across the street and made reservations at Java Jack’s for early dinner.  Our reservation was for 5 pm.  The restaurant is upstairs in an old house across the street from the cove.  We had a table by the windows so we could look out at the water.  The menu had more on it than fish and chips and burgers.  I had roast chicken with vegetables and crispy mashed potatoe.  It was delicious!!  The main problem was the wait.  We probably waited for over an hour to get our food.  I don’t think Jim liked what he ordered.

Went back to the motorhome and had an early evening.  After a day like today we needed to get some rest.