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Glenburnie-Birchy Head-Shoal Brook

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    • Gros Morne - Tablelands

      October 21, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C

      Ein Freund hat mir geschrieben - „Das Highlight in dem Park ist ja der Fjord und die rote Erde“. Der National Geographic schreibt von einer Mondlandschaft. Soweit ich weiß war das bischen Dreck vom Mond grau. Aber eigentlich kann niemand wirklich sagen welche Farbe die Erde auf dem Mond hat außer Astronauten. Ich frage mich woher dieses Wortspiel stammt?
      Auf jeden Fall macht es neugierig. Was ist da so besonderes? Ich will das auch sehen! Dafür bin ich ja schließlich um die halbe Welt hier her geradelt... Und dann liegt das auf der anderen Seite vom Fjord. Mit dem Rad mal eben gute 84km entfernt. Die Fähre im Sommer ist seit einem Monat out of season. Ich treffe aber glücklicherweise auf zwei Luxemburger die auch ein paar Tage hier verbringen bevor es weiter gen Norden geht. Schnell steht fest dass wir uns zusammen schließen und für einen Tagesausflug zwei Fliegen mit einer Klappe schlagen.
      Zuerst geht es in die Tablelands.

      Mitten in der grünen Radfahrer Hölle aus schroffer Felsenküste ragt ein Tafelberg empor. Im Nebel grau wie alles andere. Sobald die Sonne scheint wird jedoch alles in ein spektakuläres gelbes Licht getaucht. Und es wirkt so unwirklich dass auf diesem Tafelberg in Mitten all der Fjorde plötzlich nur noch Fleischfressende Pflanzen und ein paar arktische Gräser wachsen. Der Fehler im System ist schnell erklärt und macht diesen Ort doch so einzigartig. Die Plattentektonik ist Schuld! Dadurch wurden hier Gesteine, die Geologen sonst nur in 10-12Km Tiefe finden ans Tageslicht geholt. Sehr viel Eisen für die Farbe, Nitrat und Phosphor fehlen jedoch. Und somit auch so ziemlich jegliche Lebensgrundlage für Pflanzen. Unter Geologen ist dies der einzige derart bekannte Ort auf der Erdoberfläche.
      Und selbst wenn er es nicht wäre. Der Blick von oben ist sicher spektakulär! Ich bin nur froh dass ich nicht im Hochsommer da bin wenn hier die Sonne brennt. Wir begnügen uns mit einer zwei-stündigen Wanderung. Schließlich wartet noch ein zweites Abenteuer heute.
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    • Day 12

      Gros Morne National Park

      July 14, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

      Day twelve. James found our bed at some point in the night...I thought we confused him well enough before he went to bed by telling him our bed was really Kevin and Barb’s...smart kid; I think he can sense Heather’s aura or something.
      Coffee on the porch: Holy shit what a place for coffee on the porch. I could walk out that back door with coffee every morning for next 60 years and it would never get old or boring. So we did the breakfast thing and the indecisive thing and the debating thing until someone..... until someone came up with the plan to go hike on the Tablelands. Sounds pretty cool I thought, hiking on the tablelands sorta implies dramatic vistas with high altitude and condors soaring around your head. Well I had a different country in mind apparently because this hike was full of migrating tourists that came by the bus load; all equipped with huge backpacks and the ever important trekking poles! So they don’t suddenly tip over I guess. James was being his toddler self and refusing to go an inch unless he was carried by Heather. She was developing some impressive arms I’ve noticed. The trail was ehhh... and the destination was umm.... but the overall setting was cool and different. The looming mountains were borrowed from Mars and we all learned we were looking at an exposed portion of the Earth’s mantle. So that was neat. Heather threw in the towel after about an hour of James’s dead weight and went back to the car with Barb. Addie stayed behind and learned about the Pitcher plant; a carnivorous plant that kills it’s prey by digesting them in acid that is kept in their pitcher like leaves... nasty. I followed the trail to it’s end and sat on the bench that was my reward for doing so.
      Back at the cars we drove to the little bay of Trout River to dine at a very good, we were told, seafood restaurant. We were told correctly as it turned out, I had Newfoundland cakes; a crab cake like dish with cod instead of crab. They REALLY like Cod here, it being in their diet since...well since forever. But it was delicious and it came with a bowl of pea soup...yummy!!
      From here we split up the group with Barb coming with us. James needed a nap and nothing makes him nap better then a curvy bouncy road, so we decided we would drive over to Norris Point, about an hour away and see what it had to offer.
      Not much... but we did get gas and Heather and the kids DID tour a small aquarium actually; the kids liked it. I stayed out of the aquarium and walked along the rocky shores being artsy and creative with my camera.
      At the last minute Heather and Barb took the kids back to Woody point via a water taxi. The hour long drive it took to get here, took them 10 minuets by boat to get back to Woody point. I drove the car home alone, stopping when I wanted to to take pictures. The quite car was weird and unsettling for a few seconds...then it was marvelous.
      Home for the night now, more view soaking up, more whiskey soaking up, bath time for kids, and nightie night we go.
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    • Day 9

      West Coast Day 3 - to Corner Brook

      June 24, 2022 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

      After our last yummy breakfast, grabbing some cookies and filling our small jug at the local spring water site we headed south. Our destination today was Corner Brook via some trails in Gros Morne, including the Tablelands.
      We took a bit of a leisurely pace today, stopping for some more National Park red chairs and some final shopping in Rocky Harbour.
      The Tablelands is one of the most unusual and unique places. The Earths mantle is exposed giving it an otherworldly view. The pictures turned out ok but it truly is a fascinating landscape.
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