Day 28 - Gros Morne Mountain

 This morning we left our campsite at Green Point and headed to Gros Morne Mountain.  We had coffee in the parking lot and then did the 9 km hike which is the Approach Trail to Gros Morne Summit Trail.  If you do the summit it is an additional 8 km but it is rated difficult and it adds 3 to 5 hours to the hike.  The first part of the summit trail is climbing straight up a skree field and then you hike on the summit for a bit and then you have a harrowing decent on the backside.  We elected to skip that part.  We then drove to Corner Brook and checked in to Kinsman Prince Edward RV Park.  Here we started 2 loads of laundry, but the machines failed to spin and our laundry was left extremely wet, so had to go in the dryer for twice the normal time for our sheets and 3 times the normal time for our clothes.  It was ridiculous.  When that was all done, we went to Boston Pizza for supper.  Now we are back at the campground and enjoying good wifi for the evening.








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  1. LennardVOSeptember 18, 2024 at 1:06 PM

    Love the blog! Hope you're having a blast. I'm looking forward to hearing more tales when you're back. Just wondering how Pete is feeling about Gros Morne? It is tough to tell from the photos :)

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