Day 6 - Gros Morne Park

Off to a late start but only intended to go an hour or so down the road to the south end of Gros Morne Park. Set up camp at Lomond River Campground – part of Gros Morne Park, about 12:30 pm. All sites have excellent views of Bonne Bay and the mountains of the Long Range on the other side. Went to the Discovery Center about 20 km away to buy Park passes, bought annual passes for all National Parks and National Historic Sites, good until end of Sept ’06. Hiked to 2 look-offs – the first was about 5 km return, 300 m elevation, 2 hour hike. Fabulous views of Bonne Bay, the Long Range Mountains and the Tablelands. The second was much shorter hike with a memorial bench to help enjoy the view. Dinner was spaghettini with clam sauce and Rodriquez’ Blueberry Wine (made in Newfoundland). Toured the campground then settled in for a potentially wet and windy night.

We have no electricity but there is good water available from a central location. As we don't know when we will have power again we are lighting with kerosene and heating with a little catalytic propane heater to conserve. There are 2 or 3 other parties at this site.