Adventures in the outdoors
Christmas was a little different for us this year and I couldn’t be happier! It has been a very long time since we have ‘come home’ to Newfoundland for Christmas. Although we have been living in Ontario for almost twenty years now, Dan and I are both from The Rock and although we’ve been home for summer vacation almost every year since moving away, this is our first time home for the holidays.
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As we prepared to say farewell to Newfoundland, we planned to visit a few more sites along the west coast. Our plan for these couple of days was to see more of Gros Morne National Park, visit a local provincial park further up the west coast, then end with a visit with family while we wait for our ferry.
Continue reading “Adventure Down the West Coast of Newfoundland”
While on our East Coast adventure this summer we decided to visit L’anse Aux Meadows in northern Newfoundland. This location is where vikings were first known to have set foot on the island and discovered this new land. Having just been to Iceland, this was a very neat connection for us as we saw lots of Norse history there which connects to Newfoundland, our home province.
This summer after our wonderful trip to Iceland, we decided to head to the west coast of Newfoundland and visit Gros Morne and surrounding areas. The goal was to hike Gros Morne mountain, again. This would be my third time, Dan’s second time and Hayden’s first! On the Parks Canada website, the information for Gros Morne is listed as Difficult, 16 km return trip, taking 6-8 hours reaching a peak of 806 meters. How did we do? Continue reading to find out.