Stairway, trail to Stanleyville: Stanleyville trail. A logging community, population 400 at its height, it was shut down and resettled in the 60s.

Trail to Stanleyville: Stanleyville trail. The whole peninsula was clear cut, first for ships’ masts, then for trench supports.

Trail to Stanleyville: Different lense. Glad I brought it.

Stanleyville: The site of the former lumber town. A beautiful setting.

The mighty hunter victorious: Irene stands victorious over the relocated luggage.

Lomond River: Lomond River, Gros Morne National Park

Lomond Campground, Killdevil Mountain: Lomond campground with Killdevil Mountain in the background.

Trail through the tuckamore: Tuckamore forest, "The Lookout" hiking trail, Gros Morne National Park

Tablelands from across the way: En route to "The Lookout," a view of the Tablelands.

To the lookout: The Lookout trail, Bonne Bay in the background.

Moose: Apparently there are about 120,000 moose on the island of Newfoundland, and 500,000 people.

Tablelands: Tablelands. Peridotite, the rust/mustard coloured rock, is hard to grow on.

Tablelands flowers: Tablelands - hard, but not impossible

Tablelands detail: Tablelands. Some plants do grow.

Plucky spruce: Green Gardens

A long way down: Green Gardens.

Green Gardens: at sea level, more or less.

Beach: Green Gardens

Stacks: Sea stack, Green Gardens

Rock as ice cream: They ought to make ice cream look like this. Detail, Green Gardens

Seaweed and spider: Detail, Green Gardens

Hills and cliffs: Green Gardens

Thistle Gardens: I think this is where they get the inspiration for the name. Green thistle gardens.

Almost a way down: Green Gardens

Stack: Sea stack, Green Gardens

Stairs: Heading towards Wallace Brook, along the coast.

The view: A contemplative moment at Green Gardens

Terrain: Bogs and ponds, typical hilltop view, Green Gardens

An art to this: Car camping, Trout River. Our most favourite saying on this trip: "Do you have the key?"

What is this: Wilderness bidet. Kidding. It’s a dishwater disposal.

Old growth: Spruce tree, Trout River Pond. It’s probably a couple hundred years old.

Tiptoe through the peridotite: Trout River Pond trail. The barren side.

Trail end: Trout River Pond. Note the contrast between the west and east shores.

Fluffballs: Sheep grazing just outside of Trout River

Pretty setting: Trout River, NL.

Oooh ah: Sunset, Trout River Pond.

Some pond: Trout River Pond. Pond. These Newfoundlanders - what kidders.

It has its own clouds: Trout River Pond. 15km long, several km wide. Some pond.

Further up the coast: Green Point beach

Population 12: The community of Green Point. This is a permanent settlement.

Green Point: Tuckamore forest. If Salvador Dali were to do bonsai...

Detail: Wild peas on the beach, Green Point.

Detail: Jetsam, Green Point

Detail: Or is it flotsam? Green Point

cmkl: Irene braved the controls of my camera.

What am I doing: Re-assembling the stove. "Maybe I should have waited until we don’t need it anymore?"

Pretty: Sunset, Green Point.

Darling? Where are the...: I think the car keys are a nice touch. Oh - that’s where they are.

Climb into the clouds: The scree gully at Gros Morne Mountain. More up than along.

It’s bigger than it looks: Gros Morne Mountain, from the "decision point" at its base.

Spooky fog: The summit, Gros Morne Mountain.

Hah: See? I made it.

Gros Morne summit

Fog clearing: Marker cairn, Gros Morne Mountain.

Note the furry claws: Ptarmigan, on Gros Morne Mountain. I didn’t see caribou, arctic hare or any of the special critters, though.

Suddenly sun: I think this is Twelve Mile Creek.

A river once: The view from the top of Gros Morne Mountain.

Resting spot: Heading down Ferry Gulch. The backcountry campsite is at the far end of this lake.

Detail: Looking up while heading down Gros Morne Mountain

Eek: Base of the scree gully. Dire warnings abound.

Scree gully in sunshine: See if you can spot the hikers.

Broom Point: The Mudge family boat house, Broom Point.

What’s in a name: Western Brook Pond. There’s that word again.

Windy: The wind literally whipping the water into the air, Western Brook Pond

Water falling: Denim Falls, Western Brook Pond.

Big: I hope the tour boat gives you a sense of the scale. The CN tower is about 550m tall. The tallest cliff here is 715m.

Awesome: Western Brook Pond.

What do you see in the cliff faces: Western Brook Pond. Windy. Very windy.

Spray: The tour boat, Western Brook Pond.

Bog: One thing that keeps Western Brook Pond so pristine is the 4km hike you have to do to get to the boat tour dock.

River: Baker’s Brook Falls. "But we have these at home..."

Occurence: The Arches, near Portland Creek. Waves do freaky things.

In the arch: The Arches.

Detail: Seaweed, Portland Creek

Idyllic: The beach, Portland Creek with the fabulous Entente Cordiale in the background

Abandoned: This B&B, by comparison, was less than spectacular. Abandonded boathouse, Eddies Cove, NF.

Road trip: Newfoundland is many places, including vast expanses of flat nothing, on the way to St. Anthony.

Grassy bumps: The ruins at L’anse aux Meadows. The tour guide made them come alive.

Recreation: The reproduction of the Norse villiage at L’anse aux Meadows.

Beautiful indeed: Bjarni the Beautiful, the lead interpreter at L’anse aux Meadows.

Detail: Some flower, Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve

Detail: Burnt Cape

Stunted: A tamarack tree. Really.

Tour: "One thing about this job, it’s always a bad hair day." Pointing out some of the 500 species on Burnt Cape.

Landscape: Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve. You might be tempted to think it was a joke the Newfies played on the dumb tourists.

Wow: Sea Cave, Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve

Wildlife: Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve

A tree by any other name: Fall colours. Some sort of willow tree, Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve

Landscape: Wild Bight, Cape Norman, the most northerly part of Newfoundland

Cemetery: I’m guessing the Campbell family used to run the lighthouse.

Orange and grey: Cape Norman, bird guano-fuelled lichen

Fearsome: Light house at Cape Norman

Harsh: Cape Norman. The boat tour guy said it looked like a moonscape.

Boiling sea: Lobster Cove Head, looking out across Bonne Bay

Evening calm: Gros Morne Mountain, from Woody Point.

Seen twice: Green Gardens, complete with sheep.

Self portrait: Holding on for dear life atop the Lookout

Dramatic: Gros Morne Mountain

Boiling clouds: Tablelands and friends, Gros Morne National Park

Sunspeckled: Big, lonely mountain. Gros Morne. 816m above sea level