David And Brenda Out On A Hike
While in Gros Morne National Park you have many opportunities to hike. We took a few different hikes while here.
One of the hikes was a little different because it led us to a boat tour that we took with our friends. This was a tour of the Western Brook Pond by BonTours.
The Western brook Pond is a fjord by the Long Range Mountains. In order to get to the pond you have to hike 3 km, or 1.9 miles, in and the same out, back to your car. That was quite a feat for some of our group. But they did it!
David and I took a longer way into the pond by taking a secondary trail off of the first, main trail.
The Long Range Mountains And The Opening To The Fjord In The Background.
The trail had some wonderful views of the Long Range Mountains and the opening to the fjord that we’d be touring around in later on the boat.
The Path At Times Was Raised To Flow Over The Bogs
At some points the trail was raised becoming a boardwalk. This is because the area is filled with wetland and bogs. We saw moose hoof prints in the muck. But alas, no moose were spotted.
Brenda Walking Along The Boardwalk, Taking Pictures.
David Walking Along The Path
It was a really warm day. Sunny, hardly any clouds. It got warm on the hike. It was interesting to see the different areas of this path. From boardwalk, to grassy path, to gravel path, to mucky mud that we had to try to scoot around. In doing so we did see moose poop along the path. At least we believe it was moose poop. Not that we’re experts or anything. It was just an educated guess.
Another View Of The Fjord
One Of The Boats At The Dock
We made it to the dock in plenty of time and met our friends there. It was off to the fjord we go!
David And Brenda On The Boat Tour Of The Fjord In The Western Brook Pond.
The tour was 2 hours and it took you all through the fjord. It was slow at times. Very slow.
But the scenery was beautiful.
The Boat Tour Of The Fjord
The Boat Tour Of The Fjord
A Waterfall In The Fjord
There were waterfalls all over the place. Lots of tall cliff edges. Still no moose.
Another View Of The Fjord From The Boat
The Sun Trying To Peak Over The Cliff Edge
More Of The Mountains In The Fjord
So after two hours of looking up at cliffs edges and mountains, it was time to head back to the dock.
Leaving The Fjord
And time to make the long trek back to the car.
Moose tracks? Moose hoof prints? Moose poop? Really? Yeah, okay…probably some Native has the very boring job of laying down these things in an effort to excite the gullible tourists that just maybe Moose exist!
See, there is a hand held plastic model of what, if Moose actually existed, their tracks may actually look like. Under cover of the wee hours of the night, this Native sneaks out along the various paths and taps this model in the muck to leave this “evidence” of Moose walking around. The Natives may go so far as to have this guy hang underneath a small, specially designed, remote controlled, blimp, so he can tap the muck, with the plastic hoof, off into the distance without leaving his own footprints alongside the Moose ones. This is a very clever and diabolical plan that is designed to attract tourists who will spend their money and thereby contribute to the Newfoundland economy.
The Moose poop that you see is actually sprinkled around, by the guy hanging under the blimp and is imported from China, like most everything else. It is made in a Shanghai facility that specializes in the manufacture of poop of a variety of real and imagined mammals. These poops are sold to a huge number of Tourist Traps around the globe and are meant to dupe unsuspecting Tourists as to the actual existence of mammals that they have not actually seen…even though they, like you, have been looking for weeks!
Sorry, D&B, but you have been had. This type of thing happens to very smart people all the time, so don’t feel too bad.
I love you, anyway.
Hugs…
OH MY GOD LINDA!!!! LMAO! We actually had this very same discussion while walking the trail. Except we thought it was the newbie parks employees that got stuck with that job. Too funny!
Great minds think alike.
Love you too.