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| Moose high tailing it away from us! |
Last night we moved to a little picnic area just before the turn off for Trout River town…around 9:15 when sun was setting. No one bothered us at the Trout River Pond so maybe we could have stayed overnight there but it was in the park so we moved to this picnic area out of the park. No one bothered to tell us to move out of this “no camping” area. Actually we weren’t camping, just parking for about 8 hours. No slides out, no lawn chairs…just a motorhome sitting there. There was some car noise late and early but nothing horrible.
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| David's hike: view down into valley |
Woke
up to rain…it cleared enough to do the Tablelands hike. As we were driving to
the trailhead for Tablelands, David spied mama Moose and baby moose down by the
stream. Since they were really close to
where we hiked yesterday, we’re betting that it was the same baby. Didn’t get a photo because as far as they
were away (maybe two football fields), they still ran to get away.
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| David's hike: down into valley |
David
started on the hike first because I told him to; he was going to go to the top
of the mountain. I followed later and
returned before he did since I only went to the bottom. 2.4 miles for Donna and don’t know what
David’s was because it was up, up, up.
The tablelands are unique in that these are rocks that originally were
from beneath the ocean pushed up when the Africa and North America collided (at
least a few years ago…lol). Not much
will grow on them as they are pretty toxic to most plants. Their color is a rust color which is very
different than the other mountains around them (balsam fir, spruce, white
birch). It is also a world heritage
site/UNESCO.
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| David walked up this; this is where I stopped |
With
that hike done we were off to explore some more. Took a quick look in Woody point and
proceeded to drive up the coast. We were
going to stop in Rocky Harbor; however, they made it real clear that there was
no overnight parking. We elected t not spend any money there. Stopped to check
out Green Point Campground in Gros Morne (no one was staying at this
campground) and would have liked to but it would have cost $35 to do so and
there were no showers, no dump station.
They did have a nice trail that followed the beach and some open sites
which would have been good in case the bugs reappeared. Sally’s Cove looked picturesque.
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| Tablelands |
Western
Brook Pond Trail was next on my list.
6km or 3.6 miles roughly and a bit of it was done in the rain. I was going to do this rain or shine. Nice easy trail. Got dive bombed by a bird or two on the way
out. She went after me 3 times and David
once and came within 3 or 4 feet of me. I
waved wildly at her and she still did it.
It had stopped raining by the time we arrived at the pond. If it had continued, we both would have been
pretty wet by the time we returned to camper.
We had no intention of doing the boat ride; years ago we took the
coastal steamer up the coast of Norway (and nothing is topping that
experience). It was beautiful
scenery. Tall mountains in Gros Morne
and should be a must see on everyone’s list.
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| Gros Morne Western Brook Pond Trail |
It
was getting to be time to stop for the night and David selected the town of St.
Paul (not in the park but the park extends beyond it) so we stopped at a picnic
area by the road. There were not any no
camping signs posted. We have mountain
views some of them still have some snow on them!
So no we are making our way up the Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland Canada.
So no we are making our way up the Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland Canada.
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| Pano view of boat area and Western Brook Pond |
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| Western Brook Pond |
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