We spent one day in the northern part of Gros Morne National Park (west coast of the island of Newfoundland), and one day driving around the southern part of the park. What separates the two parts is a long narrow ocean inlet–Bonne Bay. This is a picture of Bonne Bay from the south [...]
(What the…?) This goofy-looking dark purple bloom is Newfoundland and Labrador’s provincial flower, the pitcher plant. They could have picked one of any number of very pretty wildflowers that we saw growing on the landscape (and there are LOTS!), but they picked this bizarre thing that looks like it sprung from the refuse [...]
Newfoundland has a lot of bogs. They are relatively flat areas that apparently get some water and no tree growth. Wildflowers grow there, as well as some odd bunches of grass here and there, with fluffy tops like these. I thought it was cute. Taken on the Western Brook Pond Trail [...]
Taken on the trail to Western Brook Pond, Gros Morne National Park, the west coast of the island of Newfoundland. They say to allow 45 minutes to walk this trail. If you go very quickly, you can probably do it in 30 minutes. But if you stop a lot to take pictures, [...]