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Newfoundland:Aug 12th
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Alexander Murray Visitor Center
We thought it would be open, but it wasn't.
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Trail times
Yeah, we didn't make those times.
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Guestbook
We signed the book and were on our way! Well, sort-of. We got a bit into the trail and the bugs were bad, so we ended up going back to the car for bug spray and starting over again. One of many reasons we didn't complete this in 3 hours.
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First stairs
of approx 2200 stairs
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Grouse Brook
@.23 km
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Stairs!
Be prepared for lots of pictures of stairs
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No stairs
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Trail
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If you look closely
at the hill on the left, you can see stairs going up it.
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Stairs
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West Line
Somehow we missed the marker for Dole Road. Now @.9km
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Um
Ok.
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Trail
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Blurry
But you can make out the flag. That's the summit.
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Moose Barrens
@1.35km. This is where the loop starts. We went left (counter-clockwise).
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Remember
the blurry picture? That's the same peak on the right, and how far we have to go.
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Trail
Again, you can kinda make out the stairs we'll be going up.
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Corner Brook
@1.8km
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Chris
Admiring Corner Brook
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Corner Brook
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Trail
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Cute
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Stairs
At this point, the stairs start in earnest.
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View from stairs
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Stairs
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View
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Stairs
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Detour
We're doing the optional detour to Corner Brook Falls, which added an additional 200 stairs down and 200 stairs back up.
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Corner Brook Falls
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Corner Brook Falls
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Michelle
Down by the falls
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Corner Brook Falls
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Chris
Pointing the falls out to Michelle
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Corner Brook Falls
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Returning back up
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Chris
making sure Michelle hasn't decided to give up and live here now.
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View
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View
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Continuing upward
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View
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Corner Brook Gorge
@2.25km
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Corner Brook Gorge
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Hidden waterfall
Chris spotted it.
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View
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So close
yet so many stairs to go
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Closer
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There's the flag
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View
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View
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Weird moss
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We did it!
Summit @3.6km
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Chris
It's very windy
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View
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View
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Michelle
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View
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Back down
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Weird
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Trail
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Trail
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Boreal Forest
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Trail
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Trail
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Trail Chicken!
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Trail Chicken
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Trail Chicken
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Trail Chicken
Climbing the stairs like it's people
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One stair
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Two stairs
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Back in the forest
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Rowsell's Falls
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Rowsell's Falls
@4.23km
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Looking back
That's the summit on the peak so far away
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Rowsell's Falls
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Michelle
Looking for rocks
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Trail
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Trail
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Gull Brook Falls
@4.73km
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Gull Brook Falls
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Gull Brook Falls
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Trail
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Weird stuff
on a tree
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Corner Brook
@5.18km
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Corner Brook
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Corner Brook
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Trail
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VIew of summit
Way off in the distance now
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Trail
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Back at Moose Barrens
Loop completed @6.08km
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Trail
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Trail
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Trail
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Trail
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Done!
@8km, just under 5 hours
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Our Hotel
Holiday Inn in Deer Lake
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Room
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Room
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Not what it seems
This is actually a gas station
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Michelle's Dinner
Jungle Jim's Veggie Stir Fry with Thai sauce, Black horse beer
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Chris' Dinner
Jungle Jim's Cajun chicken ceaser salad
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