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By Walk the Rock 2007
February 5th 2007

Week 5 - Summary

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Pasadena Ski Park - Clarenville Celebration
Photo taken and provided by Cyril Lundrigan

Chris Grand Total - Week 5 = 46 Total to Date = 246 Kirsten Grand Total - Week 5 = 30 Total to Date = 208 Tina Walk - 14km Snowshoe - 1.5km Ski - 26km Spin - 52km Grand Total - Week 5 = 94km Total to Date = 369km Jo-Ann Walk - 4km Spinning - 17km Skating - 5km Swimming - 1km Grand Total - Week 5 = 27km Total to Date = 86km Janet Walk - 12km Running - 30km Grand Total - Week 5 = 42km Tota [View Full Entry]

By Walk the Rock 2007
January 29th 2007

Week 4 - Summary

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Jo-Ann and family out for a winter walk

Clarenville Celebration!! January 28th, 2007 We had a beautiful day out at the Pasadena Ski Club. The temperature was just right and the ski conditions perfect! A core group of us skied a picturesque 9km loop. Christine, Jana and Liam snowshoed. Bruce and Tina took turns skiing and watching the kids. After our morning of activity we headed to our well deserved brunch at the Humber Valley Resort. Glad to say we stuffed ourselves! A day well spent! Kirsten Walking -27km Ski - 9km Grand Total --> Week 4 = 36km Total to Date - 178k [View Full Entry]

By Walk the Rock 2007
January 22nd 2007

Week 3 - Summary

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Tina Skiing with Tarik - Labrador

Isabelle Ski-joring - 2km Snowshoe - 12km Walking - 4 km Skiing - 10km Grand Total --> Week 3 = km Total to Date - km Kirsten Walking -31km Snowshoe - 6km Abs - 10 km Grand Total --> Week 3 = 47km Total to Date - 142km Tina Walking - 9.5km Spinning - 56km Skiing - 43.5 km Grand Total --> Week 3 = 109km Total to Date - 275km Chris Walking - 2km Karate - 45km Search and Rescue - 4km [View Full Entry]

By Walk the Rock 2007
January 15th 2007

Week 2 - Summary

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Janet Cycling in Vietnam

Kirsten Walking - 38 km Snowshoeing - 6.0 km Skiing - 9.0 km Grand Total --> Week 2 - 53 km Total to Date - 95 km Krista Walking - 15 km Running - 11 km Skiing - 18 km Gym - 10 km Grand Total --> Week 2 - 54 km Total to Date - 105 km Janet Walking - 15 km Running - 32 km Grand Total --> Week 2 - 47 km Total to Date - 82 km Chris Karate - Walking - Grand Total --> Week 2 - 66 km Total to D [View Full Entry]

Snowshoeing/Skiing Friday! - 12 January 2007

By Walk the Rock 2007
January 8th 2007

Week 1 - Summary

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Krista - Dog Sledding - January 1, 2007
Photo provided by Cyril Lundrigan

Krista Dog Sledding (the people running part) - 3km Walking - 6km Snowshoeing - 4km Skiing - 9.5 km Biking - 8km Weights - 7.5km (1 hour = 5km) Running - 13km Grand Total --> Week 1 = 51 km Kirsten Dog Sledding (the people running part) - 3km Walking - 29 km Snowshoeing - 4km Skiing - 6km Grand Total --> Week 1 = 42 km Chris Dog Sledding (the people running part) - 10km Running - 5km Karate - 15km [b [View Full Entry]

By Walk the Rock 2007
January 1st 2007

Start Line - St. John's, Newfoundland

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Skiing - Blow Me Down Ski Park - January 6, 2007
Photo taken and provided by Cyril Lundrigan

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! and with the new year comes the resolutions. In search of a way to motivate ourselves to stay active in a variety of activities Krista and I came up with "Walk the Rock 2007". The goal is to complete the equivalent number of kilometres from various activities as are the number of kilometres of the Trans Canada Highway from St. John's to Port aux Basques. After ironing out the details we are aiming for a yearly goal total of 2007 kilometres, which would take us off the rock and into the maritimes. The main goal, however, is to [View Full Entry]

By Aussie Jo
September 23rd 2006

Screech'n Newfies

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The houses of St John's

I Love Newfoundland Its like a big Irish fishing village with multi coloured timber houses and a harbour and old pubs and the accent is fantastic and Steph lives there! (Hi Steph :) Got screeched in. Old sailing/drinking tradition which involves - the bar tender ringing a bell so everyone knows someone is about to get screeched in - taking a shot of screech (tounge numbing rum) - saying an un-sayable Newfie tounge twister (no good when tounge has decided to quit on you) and - kissing a Cod. There was no cod around so I had to kiss a Puffin [View Full Entry]

By frenchy in newfoundland
September 14th 2006

6 mois a Terre neuve

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Terre Neuve, terre sauvage...

Coucou J'espere qu'avec ces photos vous verrez a quel point ca peut etre genial de vivre ici! En tout cas moi j'adore. Gros Bisous Enjoy it! [View Full Entry]

By LeaJan
August 28th 2006

Rocked the Rock!

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red sand in PEI

So we made it! All done! Whew, it feels good to have accomplished something that I thought at first was insurmountable. So since I last wrote in Deer Lake we had some great adventures in NFL. In Grand Falls we discovered that if you want to have fun you have to make it yourself, so we did! Accompliced by a jolly traveller from Quebec, Guiome. From there we ventured off the Trans Canada into the great abyss of bog in central Newfoundland. For 2 days we rode through nothing but bog and fir trees, oh, and some stellar grades, but what [View Full Entry]

By Grey haired nomads
August 25th 2006

Motorhome News from North America 20

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The Matthew
The local replica of John Cabot's ship

Motorhome News from North America 20. 10th August - 20th August 2006 NewfoundLAND - as it is properly pronounced here. John Cabot had been at sea for five weeks, his brave crew expecting to fall off the edge of the earth at any moment, when the shout came from the crow’s nest, “Land ahoy!” Cabot rubbed his weary eyes in disbelief and raised his eyeglass. “O buena vista!” (Oh beautiful sight!) he cried. The name, Cape Bonavista, has stuck since that historic day in 1497. Cabot’s boat, the 19 metre Matthew, was built in [View Full Entry]

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