GROS MORNE NATIONAL PARK IS THE RED AREA ON THE MAP NORTH OF CORNER BROOK |
THE ROAD TO GROS MORNE IS FILLED WITH SIGNS LIKE THIS |
THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE 150,000 ON THE ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND-WE SAW MANY |
THIS WAS OUR FIRST GLIMPSE OF GROS MORNE NATIONAL PARK |
THE VISITOR'S CENTER FOR GROS MORNE PARK IS AT ROCKY HARBOR OUR HOME BASE |
SARA CHECKS OUT THE INFORMATION AT THE PARK'S VISITOR'S CENTER |
THE VISITOR'S CENTER'S BARNEY THE BEAR LOVED SARA AND GAVE HER A BIG HUG |
MORIE THE MOOSE, AT THE PARK VISITOR'S CENTER LOVED DON-THERE ARE OVER 150,000 OF MORIE'S BUDDIES ON THE ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND |
THIS IS A PARK PICTURE WHICH IS FAMOUS-TAKEN AT WEST BROOK POND-MADE US VISIT THE PARK |
SARA ENJOYED THE HIKE TO THE BOAT LANDING AT WESTERN BROOK POND |
THE BOARDWALK TO THE BOAT DOCK WAS A DELIGHT |
THERE WERE WILDFLOWERS EVERYWHERE |
BLUE VIOLET IRIS WERE OUR FAVORITE FLOWER |
DRAGON TOOTH ORCHIDS ABOUND ON THE WALK TO THE BOAT RIDE |
WE WERE GETTING CLOSE TO THE BOAT DOCK |
THE BOATS WERE WAITING FOR US AT THE DOCK |
THIS GULL WELCOMED US ONTO THE TOUR BOAT |
THE TOUR BOAT FOR WEST BROOK POND |
VIEW FROM THE BOAT AS WE LEFT THE DOCK |
OH MY GOSH |
WE WERE IN AWE OF THIS PLACE |
WEST BROOK POND IS SOMEWHERE SPECIAL AND EVERYONE ON THE BOAT KNEW IT |
ONE OF THE SMALLER WATERFALLS ON WESTERN BROOK POND |
THE TOUR BOAT AS IT APPROACHED ANOTHER WATERFALL |
WHAT CAN YOU SAY....... |
THE LAKE WATER WAS CRYSTAL CLEAR-SO BLUE AND SO COLD |
THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES ON EARTH |
A CONSTANTLY CHANGING SCENE AS THE CLOUDS COVERED THE SUN |
PISSING MARES FALLS WAS AWESOME-WATER FALLS SO FAR IT TURNS TO MIST BEFORE IT TOUCHES THE LAKE BELOW |
THE BEAUTY OF THIS PLACE IS HARD TO DESCRIBE |
THE SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS WERE OFTEN COVERED IN GREEN |
IMAGINE A GLACIER SO THICK IT REACHED TO TOP OF THESE CLIFFS |
A LOOK BACK AT WESTERN BROOK POND |
WE HATED TO LEAVE THIS PLACE AND WILL NEVER FORGET THE BEAUTY OF WESTERN BROOK POND |
OUR VISIT TO WOODY POINT AND THE DISCOVERY CENTER ON A "MAUZY "DAY |
THE VIEW FROM ABOVE NORRIS POINT AND THE WATER TAXI WAS BEAUTIFUL |
VIEW OF NORRIS POINT AND BONNE BAY FROM ABOVE |
THE WATER TAXI SAVED US A THREE HOUR ROUND TRIP DRIVE TO THE DISCOVERY CENTER |
THE FOG LIFTED ONLY TO REAPPEAR AGAIN-A COMMON OCCURANCE IN GROS MORNE PARK |
NOTICE THE FIN OF THE MANY MINKE WHALES THAT PLAYED AROUND THE WATER TAXI |
THE MIST OF GROS MORNE-MAKES EVEN A FOGGY DAY SEEM SURREAL |
THE TINY TOWN OF WOODY POINT FROM THE WATER FERRY |
ENTRANCE TO THE DISCOVERY CENTER |
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING OVERLOOKING BONNE BAY |
WOW-WHAT A VIEW FROM THE DISCOVERY CENTER |
THERE WAS A LOT OF LOCAL ARTWORK ON DISPLAY AT THE DISCOVERY CENTER |
THE SCULPTURE WAS INCREDIBLE WITH BONNE BAY IN THE BACKGROUND |
THE RANGER EXPLAINED HOW GROS MORNE PARK WAS FORMED |
THIS WAS A RESTORED HOME ON WOODY POINT |
THERE ARE LACY WINDOW CURTAINS IN MOST HOUSES OF NEWFOUNDLAND EVEN TODAY |
THIS WAS A LARGE FISHING BOAT IN WOODY POINT |
ST PAUL'S CHURCH AT WOODY POINT-BEAUTIFUL |
THE LIGHT HOUSE AT WOODY POINT |
THIS SMALL MUSEUM WAS ON A HILL OVERLOOKING BONNE BAY |
SARA CAN WASH CLOTHES WITH HER EYES SHUT EVEN IN A MUSEUM |
LOOK AT THE VIEW..............OVER BONNE BAY |
MOST EARLY RURAL HOUSES ON NEWFOUNDLAND HAD ROOT CELLARS AND MANY STILL DO TODAY |
THIS IS THE ONLINE WEBSITE FOR THE GROS MORNE THEATRE FESTIVIAL |
SOME OF THE ACTORS OF THE THEATRE FESTIVIAL |
THE SHOW WAS GREAT AND THE ACTORS TOOK A WELL DISERVED BOW |
WE SKIPPED THE JIGG'S DINNER-WOULD YOU? |
FISH AND BREMIS-I WOULD RATHER KISS A COD |
THIS WAS AN OUTDOOR PRIVY ON THE COW HEAD SHORE-CAN YOU TELL WHICH WAY THE WIND BLOWS? |
THE SHORE AT COW HEAD-HOME OF THE GROS MORNE FESTIVAL THEATRE |
A TYPICAL SUPERMARKET ON THE VIKING TRAIL |
AND THE PROUD PROPRIETOR OF THE SUPERMARKET |
THE "MEAT SECTION" OF A TYPICAL FOOD STORE ON THE VIKING TRAIL |
THESE ARE THE BAKEAPPLE BERRIES SO POPULAR ON THE ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND |
THE BAKEAPPLE BERRIES ARE USED TO MAKE HOME MADE JAM SOLD AT LITTLE ROADSIDE SHOPS LIKE THIS |
THE TABLELANDS OF GROS MORNE ARE LIKE NOTHING WE HAVE EVER SEE |
THE MOUNTAINS ON THE LEFT CAME FROM NORTH AMERICA AND TO THE RIGHT AFRICA -THEY COLLIDED WHERE THE ROAD IS NOW-AMAZING |
A FEW PLANTS GROW ON THE TABLELANDS DUE TO THE TOXIC ROCKS |
THIS VALLEY IS VISITED BY GEOLOGIST ALL OVER THE WORLD-THE TABLE LANDS ARE WERE THE PLATE TECTONICS THEORY' WAS BORN |
THE LANDSCAPE OF THE TABLELANDS IS BIZZARE |
THE FAMOUS SUNSETS OF GROS MORNE NATIONAL PARK -THESE SCENES................ |
ARE SURELY NOT....... |
CREATED BY ............ |
AN ARTIST ........ |
OR PAINTER............... |
OR PHOTOGRAPHER................. |
THEY COME FROM........ |
A HIGHER PLACE OR POWER!!!! |