We decided to drive around the south end of the park after stopping at the visitors center. The national park is named Gros Morne, which from French translate as "big isolated hill" or "big gloomy." With the weather today the second translation is appropriate. Until we exited the park on 430 and turned on 431, we had driven this way on the way north. The highway went along Bonne Bay. The park literature said that sometimes a smaller species of whales are seen in the bay. Although it was a beautiful drive, we saw no whales. The turn on to Highway 431 took us back into the southern part of the park The trees in the southern part of the park are taller than most we had seen in the rest of the park. We drove to Woody Point. A small fishing area by the bay. There were a few boats on the water and a lot of B&Bs on shore. We saw at least 3 churches.
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| Snow still around here |
We drove to an area called the Tablelands. One of the mountains from one angle looked like a large southwestern mesa. We drove as far as a popular trailhead. We saw Moe and Pat there. We had seen others from our group along the way. Moe and I found a cache near the parking lot.We headed back to the RV park the day had been cloudy but otherwise the scenery was beautiful. By the time we gassed up the Jeep and got back to the park it was nearly dinner time. The rain that was forecast for tomorrow started just before dinner and lasted into the night.
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| Gros Morne Mt., namesake of the park |
Tomorrow is a boat tour of Western Brook Pond. Pond in this case is a rather large lake. There is a 40 minute walk to the boat dock. Ben is going to see if there is a way to have me and Deanna, who also can't walk very far, a ride from the parking lot. If not we won't be going on the boat tour.
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