Ok, so I missed a day. I'll start with Sunday and make it quick (you would be amazed how much time it takes to do this blog with converting the pictures and........ahhhhh Shut Up and get to it).
We left pretty early Sunday out of Glovertown with the intention of getting to Gros Morne just after noon since the weather forecast didn't look promising for the next couple days. This way we could get in a decent hike or something before checking in at the inn. The first place we took an interest in along the route was a pull off called Joey's Lookout (pictured below) that overlooks the town of Gambo. It's a shame the pictures don't really show the depth of what a wide expanse this lookout covers (can't wait to get home and work on the panoramas I took). The center of the picture is about a mile away.
We kept driving until we just about got to the entrance of Gros Morne NP (about 4 hrs. or so). Just a side note; the drive itself is rather incredible with scenery everywhere, The Rock is one giant Boreal Forest that is so thick you would have a hard time crawling through the brush.
Just before the park entrance we saw an info center and we thought, yeah we could use some info.
As I mentioned in a previous post, my rain jacket is more a sponge than anything, so I asked the info girl where I could stop and get some packable rain gear since the forecast looked dismal. She said that the closest place would be in Corner Brook about a half hour out of the way at a place called Canadian Tarr. So off to Corner Brook we go. Found the place and it's called Canadian TIRE, and it's a ripoff - $200 bucks for some rain gear??? I saw a Wally World (Walmart) when we pulled in so as much as we hate to go there - Sam Walton saved me about $100.
Back to Gros Morne we go, what should have taken 5 hours took about 8. Stopping off at the overlooks in the park (pictured below) proved amazing and our Burnside host must have been watching over us again because the weather broke as we entered the park and the sun came out for the rest of the day.
This is where we caught a glimpse of our first Moose! He was bedded down among the pines waiting for the sun to drop a bit more before venturing out onto the roadways.
Then to our destination for the next three days, Neddies Harbour Inn in Norris Point. The picture below is an overlook of the town. The next is the view from the front of the Inn.
Day Two (Monday)
Up early to find a good place to hike. First place we stopped was called the Table Lands (pictured below). Very interesting area of The Rock, the only place other than the cities that I haven't seen dense forest. This is the area of NF that the plate tectonics are alive and well. OK, it's not alive but very active as you can see from the earths mantle being pushed up. This is actually part of the Appalachian Mountains. We hiked to the end of the trail and headed off to find greener pastures.
You would think that greener pastures would be at a place called Green Gardens, well, it is greener but you have to hike a mile or so to get over the mountain and mantle (shown below; the little things in the background would be the parking lot with a dozen or more cars) and then down into the forest along what is termed a "moderate" trail. The Canadian definition of a moderate trail doesn't equate to the US Webster edition.
This trail leads to the Gulf of St. Lawrence and some beautiful worthwhile views. The nice green slope in the background is loaded with sheep (probably can't see them in this shot but I took some closeups and not only are they on the slope, but the rocks below have some fuzzy white things laying around also). One hiker we passed told us about a couple moose that are laying below the falls on the beach, apparently they had fallen off the cliff also.
Enough for now, tomorrow is a new day
See ya!
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