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After visiting the northern tip of Newfoundland, we backtracked down
the coastal road to Gros Morne National Park. On a hike to Western Brook
Pond, we spotted a moose cow and her calf grazing
on the opposite side of the river. Finally - on our third trip to Canada,
we see moose! A telephoto lens would have been nice. |
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Western Brook Pond is one of Gros
Morne's most famous features: a land-locked fjord in a pristine wilderness.
The boat tour of the fjord is supposed to be a must, but we didn't take
it (we spent plenty of time on boats as it was). |
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From our first day in Newfoundland we had seen patches of snow
in the hills - quite a surprise in July at such low elevations. At the
Tablelands in Gros Morne, we were able to climb up to a small patch and
touch it. A strapping Newfoundland lad named Andrew got there first, and
took this picture of us. The weird color of the rocks wasn't caused by
a mistake at the photo lab - the Tablelands are a geological freak, where
part of the Earth's underlying mantle was pushed up to the surface when
two tectonic plates collided. Only a few specialized plants can grow in
this weird Martian terrain.
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The view from up there was spectacular.
An arm of Bonne Bay can be seen in the distance. Climbing down the rocks
and back to the road was almost as hard as the trek up, especially because
we ended up on the wrong side of the creek at the bottom of the valley
and had to find a way to ford it. |
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The patch of snow we climbed to is circled in red in this picture of
the Tablelands, taken on our next hike, up
the short but steep Lookout trail. More great views, and more moose! After
all that climbing my legs were severely sore for days. |
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Our ferry to Labrador was delayed for 20 hours, so we had an extra
night in Newfoundland. This grotesquely pretty shot was taken just a few
yards from our campsite in the oddly-named Dildo
Run Provincial Park near Twillingate. |
Newfoundland,
Part 2: Gros Morne
