Rocky Harbour - Gros Morne National Park

Started the day with a good breakfast - eggs, bacon, ham, toast, juice, fruit and yogurt, and coffee. 

Then we drove to the Tablelands area and did the Green Gardens Trail

Off to a rocky start

Then over the hill and down we went, steps down, and then back up with more steps and then way down - not cold outside, rain coats on to keep the mosquitoes at bay.

Marilyn was deciding which bridge to take.  She did go with the one on her left.  By now the rain jackets were off - too hot with all the up and down hiking.

Two hours into the hike the water was in view

More red chairs

We continued walking, came across sheep, and lots of sheep poop on the trail - it was everywhere.

A couple of local families still graze their sheep up here in the summer.

We continued walking but the trail got too muddy, we went back by the red chairs and down to the beach

The start of the stairs leading down the cliff

Marilyn trying to clean her muddy boots

What goes down must come back up

Two sets of stairs

Back on top

Whew

Finally getting back to the car - way in the distance

Then we drove to Trout River, small fishing town, and walked around a bit

Drying cod display at the interpretation center.  I tasted the salted dry cod - not too bad but so salty.

The end.

Tomorrow we leave Rocky Harbour and make our way back to St. John's via an overnight stop in Gander.

Rocky Harbour - Gros Morne National Park

Another hearty breakfast - poached eggs, bacon, Newfie sausage (Bologna) fruit and yogurt, orange juice, and coffee.

Today's hike - Chutes Bakers Brook or Bakers Brook Falls

Pretty flowers along the trail

A moose exclosure - fencing the moose out, so many moose are eating up all the young trees and they are studying the growth inside the exclosure zone (no moose) to the outside moose zone.

There is a huge difference - small trees are growing on the inside and not much growing on the outside

Except flowers

No moose sightings - moose tracks but no moose

Finally the falls

Next stop was the Lobster Head Cove 

Lighthouse

Views from lighthouse grounds

Raining more

Rain drops in the camera lens - on the beach in front of the lighthouse 

Tomorrow - back to the Tablelands area of the Park, an hour drive, to hike the Green Gardens or the Trout River Trail.  Our last day in Gros Morne.