Beginning the East Coast Trail: Portugal Cove to Bauline
Beginning the East Coast Trail ECT Hike Begins Well, today we hiked the Piccos Ridge Trail from Portugal Cove to Bauline. They say that the best views in the world are the ones you work for, and if that is true, this must be the most beautiful place on earth! We recently read someone's Facebook post, which claimed this stretch of trail was the hardest hike they'd ever done, and I think we ended the day in full agreement! To backtrack a little, we innocently began our day with a breakfast of coffee and bagels in MUN. As we ate, we admitted to being a little nervous about today's trek, partially because of the weather advisory, which still called for temperatures to drop to -1 by the evening, 1-3 mm of rain throughout the day with an additional 10-40 mm projected overnight (or snow!), and high winds, and partially because of the description of the trail itself. In short, our first day on the ECT and Trans Canada Trail was nothing like we expected - especially...