Gros Morne Park ... woo hoo! We have wanted to visit this park for sooooo long and here we are! Just like the TV commercials, Newfoundland is showing rocky cliffs and crashing waves, lots of cool stuff.
The weather forecast is for rain for the entire 3 days we are here, sigh. But, undaunted, we set off for the Visitors Centre first thing this morning and checked out all the things we could do. We also bought badges that say "I climbed Gros Morne Mountain", so now we are committed (well at least to try ... LOL)
Since the skies looked like the predicted rain might actually happen, we decided to do a few shorter trails today to minimize the chance of getting soaked.
The Coastal trail is beautiful! Crashing waves on a rocky shore, lots of driftwood in every size, some as much as 100 feet from the waters edge. Makes you wonder how nasty things can get on a stormy day. We met lots of interesting people and took some great pictures - blue skies with big fluffy clouds, couldn't have been prettier. Just 6 km., but by the time we got back to the car we were exhausted.
Still, we didn't want to wimp out so we picked another shortish hike (2 km) around a large pond, Berry Pond, figuring it should be a nice stroll. And it was a great way to wind down. Still, it was just across the road from the Gulf of St Laurence so we didn't totally get away from the wind but it was much better!
And now, we are back at the KOA Campground. I have a full chicken dinner in the Instant Pot (electric pressure cooker), and the weather is much better ... blue skies and warmish for here.
Tomorrow we'll make the effort to earn our badges. (as long as it doesn't rain, in which case we'll have a cribbage tournament and put off mountain climbing until Friday....)
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