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By norway995
July 3rd 2008

Following the Viking Trail, Day 2, Western Brook Pond

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View from the Boat
Newfoundland is also known as The Rock.

Afternoon, June 23, 2008 The skies continued to darken and the drizzle began as we reached Western Brook Pond, our afternoon destination. Ahead of us was a 2 ½-hour boat ride on the pond; just one catch, there is a 2-mile walk before you reach the boat. Drizzle turned to rain, fog moved in and around the mountains, but we bravely marched off anyway. The trail was good, either wood chips or a board walk over the bogs; a few hills, fairly gentle; however, by the time we reached the boat launch, we were extremely wet and some of us, including [View Full Entry]

By norway995
July 3rd 2008

Following the Viking Trail, Day 3, Tablelands

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Tablelands
Yes, that is snow at the top.

June 24, 2008 Today our destination is Tablelands. First we visited the new interpretive center in Gros Morne and then drove through south and west along highway 431. What a contrast! The north side of the road was lush and green with gently rolling hills, plenty of trees. The south side was rocky, barren and flat. Scientists think that this area originated in the earth's mantle and was forced up from the depths of an ocean during a plate collision several hundred million years ago. The rock, peridotite lacks the usual nutrients required to sustain most plant life. It’s ver [View Full Entry]

By norway995
July 1st 2008

Following the Viking Trail, Day 2

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Green Point
A mecca for geologists

Morning, June 23 Bright blue skies without a cloud in sight and warm sun greeted us as we walked the short distance to the resort dining room for breakfast around 8. (By the way, NL has its own time zone which is 2 ½ hours later than central time - that’s right. When it’s 8 a.m. in NL, it is 5:30 a.m. in Green Bay. Actually, there are a couple of other time zones in the world with this 30-minute feature.) We met our three traveling companions: Peter A., Sr., Maine, a retired history professor; his son, Peter A., Jr., Connecticut, [View Full Entry]

By Vickie and Bob
June 22nd 2008

Gros Morne Nat'l Park, Newfoundland, CA

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Pop Up #1
Just starting to set it up!!

Bob and I arrived in Newfoundland on Sunday, June 17..The ferry was about a 9 hour trip and we were able to keep up with the fantastic finish of the U.S. Open during the trip. We spent the night and took off the next morning for Gros Morne National Park. What a beauty it is!! There were no cars on the highway so it is like we are the only people here. Bob has fished some but is planning alot more and I plan to salmon fish with him on our next stop...Grand Falls-Windsor. Millie was pretty sick when we left [View Full Entry]

By Dromomania
July 17th 2007

Summiting the highest (well 2nd highest by 3 mtrs) peak...

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On Top of the World - Gros Morne Nfld

Alison and I climbed to the top of Gros Morne (a whopping 805 metres high !) in stifling heat and humidity...saw a Showshoe hare. [View Full Entry]

By LeaJan
August 18th 2006

Dodgin' out like tthe rain

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So we are on the "Rock" finally! Actually, we have been here for a week or so, just got back from Gros morne National Park, Leanne's dream come true, which was quite incredible really. We climbed the Gros Morne mountain and took a boat tour through the Western Brook Pond (don't get confused though, the "pond" is actually 16 miles long! that's Newfoundland for you...) where we were surrounded by huge cliffs and trickling waterfalls, some that even dissipated before they reached the ground because they were so high. Wow, It was even more spectacular than the photos make it out [View Full Entry]

By Bothan Taistil
July 5th 2006

Back in time to the oldest rocks on earth

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The sheer cliffs of Western Brook Pond

Breakfast at Earl’s in Rocky Harbor. Bob’s choice was the Newfie toutons (fried bread dough, with pork chips?), fried bologna, homemade bread, and eggs (super glue for the arteries). Western Brook Pond boat trip was a memorable experience. To access the boat, involves a 3km walk along the coastal bogs over gentle terrain and some boardwalks. It was a warm, sunny day as we got to the pier. As our tour boat started we were looking up at glacially cut cliffs of granite, gneiss, and schist towering above us. This pre-Cambrian rock is some of the oldest on the island [View Full Entry]

The tour boat that took us on a 2 hour trip

By Bothan Taistil
July 4th 2006

Surprises Around the Corner

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Lobster Cove Head Lighthouse

This morning it is cool and cloudy but no rain!! So our first stop is Lobster Cove Head Trail. This headland and Berry Hill are large chunks of jumbled rock that forms a mélange. Beds of buff-colored dolomite, shale, and ribbon limestone were folded and faulted as slices of ocean floor slid over them. We got lots of photos. Our next hike is the Coastal Green Point an easy hike of about 3 km. We talked to the ranger and he had seen a black bear and a moose in the area. A fellow hiker informed us yesterday the trail was [View Full Entry]

By Bothan Taistil
July 3rd 2006

“You won’t get to where you want to be, if you only travel on sunny days.”

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The light rain and foggy have their own beauty…

Today’s weather is rain and strong winds, today is also our opportunity to hike Tablelands, so off we go. It is a relatively easy hike, 4km, but the rain and driving wind makes it a bit of a challenge. The mineral makeup of the rocks is not conducive to plant life, so only the very hearty plants make it. The Tablelands is he most important geological feature in the park. The mountainous block is a slice of the rock that once lay beneath the Iapetus Ocean; it is a sample of the Earth’s crust and upper mantle. The trail ends at [View Full Entry]

One soggy Maureen, and the Tableland Trail

Bob taking photos and bringing up the rear.

It was raining but the wind was a killer

By Bothan Taistil
July 2nd 2006

Gros Morne WOW!

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Tablelands

During the night it poured on and off, the AM is windy and cool. After mass, we stopped at a Canadian favorite spot, Tim Horton’s. Like Dunkin Donuts, you see them everywhere in Canada, my what strong coffee. The wind was very strong as we made our way along the Viking Trail to Gros Morne National Park of Canada. What a magnificent natural area! The Discovery Center has a great slide show narrative. It seems the geology here marks a time when the continents of Africa and North America collided, pushing these rocks originally beneath the ocean to their present position, [View Full Entry]

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