Our Walk Along the East Coast Trail (ECT)

Hiking the Father Troy East Coast Trail Return to the ECT 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 no tr...