Pinware

Tuesday 7/29

Campsite along the river was a bit crowded and buggy, but it worked out well. Very beautiful spot on the water. You drive through the town dump to get there. Locals warned us of camping above high tide and that bears from the dump may visit. Neither panned out last night. Just black flies and a beautiful sunset.

When I arrived, an older couple recognized me from Gosling Lake Campground. We had both stayed the prior night. There was enough wind in the morning to enable packing up a dry tent and making coffee. After I was packed, I asked the couple where we would meet up to stay tonight. They said it's all about visiting the coast and nobody's has firm plans. I expected to see them at the Pinware Provincial Park. In fact, I did, as well as Red Bay.

A phone update came in the last few days, and I scheduled it to occur last night. After rebooting, it wanted to contact Google Fi. With no cell coverage, it then wanted wifi. Next time, I won't schedule an update where I don't have coverage. In Saint Louis, I did have cell coverage and rebooted. It was slightly better, but it still demanding wifi. Red Bay was the third town I passed, and I found wifi at the whale museum. Even then, I had to pull the bad sim card out to recognize the esim.

In the morning, it seemed like I had plenty of fuel, so I visited both: Saint Louis and Mary's Harbor. Looked for and never fund a place to eat or gas up. I knew Red Bay had a restaurant, and I arrived there at about 1300. It no longer felt like I have plenty of fuel. Finding gas became more important than may a campsite.

I set up at Pinware Provincial Park first and took a walk along the beach. Gas was just down the street in Pinware. Back at the park, a guy walked up and knew my name and residence. Apparently, he is Robert from Bedford NH and has been signing museum books just behind me for days.

I used the wifi near the park entrance for a weather check, and to post my last two blogs. I hastily finished up this blog while pacing to evade the black fly swarm. Now I know how sharks feel. (At breakfast the next day I augmented this hasty edit.)