St. John's, NL to Bay Bulls, NL

No hiking today.  After a continental breakfast (yogurt, granola, banana, coffee/tea) we drove to Petty Harbour, stopped at the Water Shed coffee shop for a latte and a tea.

Petty Harbour

We continued on to Bay Bulls and signed up for and went on a boat tour

Our boat coming in

A catamaran - I thought it would be a nice smooth ride!

  

Very foggy as we headed out

 Managed to get a photo of our B & B - the big red house in the picture

As we left the safety of the Harbour the seas were getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed

We got to the Witless Bay Preserve - lots of puffins 

 

And murres

Puffins

And murres

Murres

I headed inside to the lower level and tossed cookies.  Whew, some birthday I was having!

Marilyn stayed up on deck, no whales seen this day.  

Once on land we headed to the Bread and Cheese B & B, to check in - nice place and an awesome view - I took a nap, regrouped, and then we went outside to take pictures.

Cliffs out front

Our boat going by

The gardens

Fully recovered! 

Sea legs

Dinner - salads, we split a cod cake, and we shared a cod dinner.

We had good or better views of puffins for free, from land at Elliston.  And no tossing!

Tomorrow after breakfast, we will hike a section of the East Coast Trail.  A late start, breakfast is at 8:30.

Gander, NL to St. John's, NL

We left the Inn on Bennett and headed to the post office - we forgot to leave the room key for our place in Rocky Harbour - put it in an envelope and sent it to them!

We arrived at Terra Nova National Park and did a section of the Coastal Trail - short hike

Part of the trail was on the beach

Then back into the woods

Had a bowl of soup at the Park's cafe and left for St. John's.  Tonight we're staying in the dorms at Memorial University - we stayed here July 15 and 16.

Some of the wild flowers and plants seen on our journey

we saw the following plants at Gros Morne:  cow parsnips

Harebell

Showy lady's slipper

Marsh marigold

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At Terra Nova- field horsetail ( in the fern family )

Iris we saw everywhere 

Lupines, alongside the road everywhere 

Tomorrow we head to Bay Bulls for two nights - a short drive from St. John's .  We'll get in a hike on the East Coast Trail on the way there - not sure what section of the trail.