Our Walk Along the East Coast Trail (ECT)

Important Birds Areas on the East Coast Trail Hiking the Sugarloaf Path ECT We awoke early to begin our final walk along the East Coast Trail , which we think will bring the total number of kilometres we've walked to somewhere over 250 during our trip! Although the weather forecast this morning mentioned thick banks of rolling fog off the coast of the Avalon Peninsula, we decided to head out anyway. We took a taxi to the Ocean Sciences Centre , which is where the northern end of the Sugarloaf Trail is located. When we arrived we discovered that it is possible to visit the Ocean Sciences Centre, which apparently offers exhibits showing seals and other marine life. If we had known this before, we would have planned to stop by! As we climbed up the erratic strewn hillside above the parking lot in the fog, the sounds of gulls and a whale spouting in the cove below were truly magical. However, the fog was so thick we couldn't see very far at all, and at one point we ...

Hiking the Father Troy East Coast Trail Trekking Newfoundland This morning we woke up, refreshed and thankful for the good weather forecast for today. Last night we decided to spend our final two days in Newfoundland hiking some of the East Coast Trail pathways north of St. John's. Initially, we planned to get a ride back up to Cape St. Francis and for two days push to see if we could complete our missing sections getting us back to St. John's.  However, after contacting several taxi companies the cost of getting back up to Cape. St. Francis for the day (frequently noted by each company as being over $200.00 each way) led us to revise our plans.  Instead, we opted to trek from Flatrock to St. John's with our remaining time. We had breakfast and then took a taxi up to Flatrock, where we began hiking south on Father Troy Path . As we headed away from the parking lot at the trailhead everything was obscured by dense fog. Luckily the trail was well marked, and we had n...