Woke up at our usual time, only to find Deer Lake blanketed in fog, evidently this is unusual as St. John’s usually steals it all. After breakfast we headed out towards Gros Morne National Park for some sightseeing and walks. Today, and in fact the rest of the holiday, are all “easy days”. As we headed north of town, the fog lifted as did the temperature. It rose from 5C up to 21C as the day progressed.
A couple of views from the passenger seat as we head into Gros Morne.
Our first stop was a short 1Km walk to the South East Brook Falls. An easy walk, with a very noticeable drop in temperature as we approached the falls.
The last few days we have seen different species of fungus growing on the ground, the one above appears to prefer living upside down in a tree!
Driving further into the park we spotted a small beach area, so we headed off there for a short break. The “beach” consisted mainly of large, nicely rounded rocks; many of these rocks are now in the trunk, on their way west to decorate the new water feature in our back yard.
We continued north to Rocky Harbour to visit the Aquarium there; unfortunately it was closed! Instead we stopped for lunch. After a tasty Newfoundland lunch we continued north to find a walking trail around Berry Head Pond. This was a fairly easy going, if somewhat muddy trail around the pond. The water in the pond was very red, but I can’t find any information as to what causes this …. maybe berries?
The Red Pond Water
Berry Head Pond
We managed to get in a few kilometres of walking today, now it was time to head south down to Corner Brook for our final two nights on the Rock.
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