Reflections and Lessons Learned on the East Coast Trail
East Coast Trail Hike: A Journey in Fragments, shaped by Fog, Wind, and Wonder Few trails have taught us more about letting go of control than the East Coast Trail. We arrived on Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula, hoping to hike the East Coast Trail end to end in a continuous push. What we found instead was a trail shaped - and sometimes stopped — by weather, wind, and the will of the land. Our journey along this wild Atlantic coastline unfolded not as a straight line, but in scattered pieces stitched together over time - one hike at a time, and one section at a time. Even a year later, as we began our walk across Newfoundland on the T'Railway section of the Trans Canada Trail, we were reminded again: on this island, the weather decides. A Trail That Taught Flexibility Rain, fog, and wind weren’t inconveniences - they were characters in the story. We hiked through coastal squalls, fog so thick it erased the sea, and gusts that made standing difficult on exposed cliffs. Th...