Eric Praetzel - 1999/2000 East Cost trip comments

Pictures taken

  • Big Pictures (tiled shots)
  • Bellevue Beach Park
  • Bell Island
  • Cape Spear
  • Town of Dover
  • East Coast Trail
  • Fogo Island
  • Signal Hill
  • Terra Nova National Park hikes
  • Vikings Ship Islandinger
  • Gros Morne National Park

    Pictures were taken with 100 or 200 ASA negative film.

    Comments (1999 cycling trip)

    This is an excellent park. Unfortunately when I arrived it turned cold and the wind was unreal. It took everything I had to cycle downhill at 10km/h!!
    I had put plastic bags in my pants and jacket and put on every stitch of clothing I had and I was only warm if I was exercising hard. Foxes had eaten my hung food and the park is quite hilly. Then it started drizzling and I decided to go back to NovaScotia and spend my time at other parks on the mainland. During my entire trip I was also unable to find fuel for my campstove!

    You will understand why they call Newfoundland The Rock when you get there. It is quite impressive. Much of the land is unpopulated and rugged. It is quite beautiful; but next time I go back with a car!

    Comments on the Hikes (August 2000 hiking trip)

    These are the trails that you should hike, from the shortest to the longest:

    Camp sites

    Pippy Park was a nice place to stay in St. Johns.

    The best part of this trip was the scenery.
    The worst part was:


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