Leaving Nova Scotia on the ferry to Newfoundland
Arriving to a foggy rainy evening in Newfoundland
Birthday cheesecake for Cristina
Clouds over the area of Gros Morne where we'll be hiking
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| Dropped off at Western Brook Pond for the 1 hour ride on a tourist boat, then left off at the end of the lake. |
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| Emergency locator the rangers gave us for the hike. |
Going up the dramatic lake to our hike start.
Start of the long range traverse, dozens of less ambitious tourists watched us get off the boat and start the hike.
Lots of clamouring around rocks to get up the ravine at the end of the lake.
Sheep Laurel
Cottongrass
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| Purple Pitcherplant |
At the end of a long climb out of the ravine, looking back on where we started at the end of the lake.
Navigating through the tuckamore - the thick low forest/bush that is typical of Newfoundland.
Washing off the sweat after the first day's hike
Tent platforms were at several locations, which kept us out of the bog for the night. At the first site a camper had abandoned a camping chair, so we packed that out for the next 4 days, and enjoyed lounging in it.
Moose tracks (no ice cream)
Many, many bogs to get through
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| Purple Pitcherplant |
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| Round-Leaved Sundew |
Sunning after swimming across the lake by our campsite
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| Bunchberry, a dogwood relative |
Evan wading in the lake, while we scan for moose
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| Flower of Purple Pitcherplant |
At a highpoint in the hike, making our way through another bog
More tuckamore and bogs...
Dramatic clouds that ended up being the front end of a 12 hour rain and wind storm
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| Quickly set up a tent when the storm hit, then set up the second tent during a slight let-up. We were a bit soggy by morning. |
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| Blackflies |
The storm just passed in the morning, leaving a thick fog.
Enjoying the fog, drizzle and blackflies after the storm
Shipwreck along the northern pennisula
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| Slender-leaved Sundew |
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| Bog Wintergreen |
Drying out after another damp night, while we cook supper at a roadside picnic area
Thrombolites, fossilized algae
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| Harebell |
Plants in a unique limestone area. The plants grow in the cracks between blocks of rocks.
Several mink kept us entertained at the Labrador ferry terminal
Sunset from hotel room
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| Gentian Species |
Arriving at a lonely pier in Labrador
"The road" in southern Labrador
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| Balsam Fir |
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| American Larch |
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| Crowberry |
View from hill outside Red Bay
Random dog that enthusiastically jumped in the car with us
Snowshoe hare
Lighthouse tour
Drying Labrador tea at the lighthouse
Lonely Prius is the only vehicle...!
Crossing back to Newfoundland
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| Orchid Species |
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| Bunchberry underneath Bracken |
Cape Breton Nat'l Park, Nova Scotia
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| White-Fringed Orchid |
Birthday gift - shopping spree at sheep and wool farm
Cristina's turn to cook in the rain
Tidal bore rafting in the Bay of Fundy
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| Orchid Species |
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| Daylilies at the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus |
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| Cordaitales Fossil |
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| Calamites Fossil |
Joggins fossil cliffs, great place for Carboniferous age fossils
Stopping at "our" Cambodian restaurant in Lowell, Mass on the way home. Amazing Cambodian food!
