Trout River Trout River lays just outside the Gros Morne national Park. Instead of turning left to the campground, at the retail store that is also a grocer's, restaurant, lounge and tackle shop, I turn right and head towards the community of Trout River via a dirt road. Arriving at the end of the road,... Continue Reading →
On the way to Rocky Harbour, Gros Morne Park, NFLD
So not every stop has to end with me on the top of a hill. Sometimes my mind is just in the hills. An example of that would be on the Viking Trail towards Rocky Harbour. Yup, it is a pretty drive to say the very least, and I steer the truck around the sweeping... Continue Reading →
The Last Fatal Duel. New Maryland, NB
 Here is the story of New Brunswick's Last Fatal Duel. Enjoy  I thought I was done digging into the past. But while On The Trail of Loyalists, . I unearthed some characters, (Pardon the Pun) that left behind a legacy beyond honour and Old Glory.  Who Done it? George Frederick Street, born 21 July,... Continue Reading →
The Look off- Gros Morne, National Park
A shimmery bluish haze has replaced the low cloud and the forecast is a high of 28 celsius with a humidex in the mid- thirties. If I am hiking I have to go now, so at exactly 7 am I am standing at the trailhead sign with my camera hanging around my neck, harnessed with... Continue Reading →
Tablelands- a walk on the earth’s mantle.
For about the hundredth time I am reading the trail description of the Tablelands hike in Gros Morne National Park; One of the few places you can access exposed earth's mantle . I stop reading and looking up from the traveller's guide out at the view in front of me and say aloud to myself,... Continue Reading →
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