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Terra Nova National Park, Newfoundland
This island is exactly one hour and thirty minutes ahead of the American East coast. Nowhere else in the world is on the same time as Newfoundland which seems fitting for such a unique place. “We go many amazing places, but how often do you find a place that you know will just stick with…
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Puffins!
Among the many side quests available on our current adventure, perhaps seeing a Puffin is the most intriguing to me. These loveable little goofballs hop around along the rocks with their clown makeup on. When they fly in this wind it always looks like it’s their first time in flight, flapping a hundred times per…
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Trinity, Newfoundland
Very rarely is so much beauty shoved into a three mile trail. That’s why, when you make it to the Bonavista peninsula people make sure you don’t skip the Skerwink Trail. I’ve been curious how one trail can be so recommended, my assumption from experience is that this area must have almost no nature and…
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Green Point, Newfoundland
We made it! Each year there seems to be a stop that I consider the main goal for the summer. This year, making it to the Viking Settlement gives me a huge sense of success and relief. Although this stop is no more important or exciting than any other stop on our trip, had we…
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The Viking Landing Site, L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland
The weather up here is hard on the roads and driving here is exhausting. It’s like playing that old original arcade racing game where you have to keep pressing left or right to go back and forth to avoid potholes, you can never go straight for too long, and often the potholes take up 3/4…
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Western Brook Pond, Newfoundland
There is one thing that you absolutely must do when visiting Gros Morne National Park; take a boat tour of Western Brook Pond. At least that’s what they say. The guide books said it, the internet said it, and our entire trip, people have preached it. All that said, I chose to skip it. The…
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Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland
Gros Morne National Park protects a huge amount of land on the west coast of Newfoundland. We will be staying at four different campsites over the next week. Our first two nights in the park at Tablelands exceeded all expectations. Our next site, Berry Hill, is in the other side of the park and there…
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Tablelands, Newfoundland
The earth is covered by a several mile deep crust that contains all of the land up to the highest mountains and extends below the deepest parts of the ocean. But in super rare instances, the exact perfect conditions exist where part of the Mantle gets squeezed up to the surface. In the late 60’s…
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Blow Me Down Provincial Park, Newfoundland
I love when our day starts bright and early. We have a three hour drive right off the boat today and when we get there, I can finally relax. The bells and PA announcements have guaranteed an early start and by 7:00 AM the bus tires are firmly in Newfoundland. We immediately can see what…
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North Sydney, Nova Scotia
Warning: This is the least eventful day I have ever written about. Should be a nice chill relaxed day, we don’t have anything to do until 11:15 PM. Well, there are a ton of small things we have been putting off. I can’t stop thinking about an oil change that’s needed and I’d like to…
