Adventures in the outdoors
As the 2018 canoeing season was nearing it’s end, we really wanted to get out in our canoe at least one more time and after some consideration, we decided that it was time to visit an area that is fairly new to us. In the spring I had headed to the Haliburton Highland Water Trails for a solo trip and I knew that we should come back to this park, so we booked a night on Big East.
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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.
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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.