"Straight Circles"
Tuesday June 18 2002
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Location
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Odometer (km)
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Time of Arrival
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Rest Time
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Gas Expenses
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Deer Lake
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2629
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12:00
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-
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$39
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Trout River/The Tablelands
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2709
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13:00
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1 hr 30 min
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-
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Berry Hill Campground
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2807
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15:30
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19 hrs
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After Céline's encounter with the chuckling cop we decided to do some laundry and groceries for the trip up the Viking Trail. We started looking around Corner Brook and found both rather easily in this town of. 20,000 or so. |
| We had some time to relax while waiting for the clothes to get clean. Shayna was always happiest when one of us was in the back with her. Unless both of us were in the back in which case Shayna chose the drivers seat to sleep on. |  |
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Moose on the roads and highways here are as common as squirrels in the city and a MAJOR driving hazard. Hitting a moose in anything less the tractor trailer with a reinforced steel grill usually means death to the occupants of the vehicle. We stopped counting around 15 and saw quite a few after that. |
| Our first view of The Tablelands was of the mountain shrouded in clouds and snowcapped. The sight of the red rocks of The Tablelands looming over the lush green valley was simply stunning. |  |
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This shot taken from the bottom of one of Tablelands mountains details
what the area looks like. These rocks and the mountains themselves look
more like Mars than Newfoundland. The rock -peridotite- which makes up The Tablelands originates in the earth's mantle and was forced up from the depths during a plate collision several hundred million years ago. For more info on the The Tablelands click here |
| Trout River Pond and another perfectly deserted place to stop and watch the clouds pour over the mountains while eating lunch. |  |
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The beach was rocky but totally secluded and silent and the water as clear as tap water.. umm clearer than tap water rather. We could of spent hours here but we wanted to get to the Berry Hill campsite at Gros Morne National Park early and rest up for the long driving day up north tomorrow. |
| The first sun we've seen since our arrival on The Rock welcomed us to our campsite. The wood we bought here seemed to have been cut too recently and was hard to burn at first, The attendant here mentioned he got "a good deal" on the wood... um, he also told me the campground was "all straight circles" when we first got here... |  |
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After supper we headed out for a short hike around Berry Hill Pond, a 2 km trail that winds around the Pond. Walking through this forest was eerie, the trees both living and dead are whitened by the salty ocean air. |
| Even the pooch had to sit down and soak in the tranquillity of the place. Céline seen here was back "on watch", this time for large mammals though. There was allot of deer and moose droppings everywhere but for our hike the only critters we saw were two busy beavers. |  |
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Berry Hill Pond as seen from the boardwalk across the marsh at the beginning of the trail. I took this photo seconds after taking the one above and then the 3 of us stood there in silence for several minutes just absorbing the serenity of the place. We made it back to camp just before dark, about 10 o'clock (twilight lasts till 10:45 or so) and were asleep by 11:00. Tomorrow.. The Arches, Port aux Choix and L'Anse aux Meadows!! |
