Gros Morne the Tablelands and Bonne Bay




This morning, we went over to the other side of the park. If we had known, we would've stayed a couple or 3 nights over there, then moved over to this side. It's over an hour to get to that side and has the most hikes available. We decided to take the Green Gardens shorter hike which was 9 km with a 250 meter decline to the coast. It forgot to tell you that you had to go down to the brook then up and down to the coast with multiple ups and downs inbetween. So, it was a steneous hike with great views. Of course, we didn't get a picture of the only animal we saw. You know when a bear larger than Bob approaches you on the trail coming towards you and you nor the bear notices until it's only 30 feet away, well it's hard to keep quiet long enough to get the picture. To say the least it was surprising and great (afterwards anyway).









We stopped to visit the tablelands. It's formed by the uplift of the earth's mantle. And really different from the surrounding area. The snow is still at the top of these and the snow melt forms waterfalls and streams.








After the hike and drive, we were famished. We found a small place on the water of Bonne Bay. The view was great and really showed the differences between the tablelands and the rest of the area.






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