Family Visit

Last weekend my parents came to visit. They came on a two week vacation to camp in Gros Morne National Park, and spent the weekend in the middle with me. I showed them around Stephenville, and we drove the longest, most winding road up the side of a mountain to Joey's Lookout, but it was worth it, the view of Stephenville and the coast was spectacular.

After we went to Cornerbrook and hiked down by the river next to where you enter Cornerbrook. It was an easier hike then I expected, but it was well worth it for the amazing views. There is a part where the trail forks and we only followed one side, because the other requires you to cross the river, and they didn't think it necessary to put in a bridge. I guess it's to keep it more natural, but I didn't feel comfortable crossing the river on rocks, even though there were a lot of them. They looked slippery and I didn't want to fall in with my camera.

That evening we went back to Stephenville to see the fireworks for Canada day. I didn't think they were anything special, but apparently for around here they were really good.

The next day we went out to the Port au Port peninsula and hiked the Gravel's trail. It was a little bit cold that day, but it was still a nice walk. Then we did a driving tour of the peninsula and I managed to find all the spots that we stopped at when our group did the tour guided by the Cochrane's. That basically finished the day, my parents couldn't stay late because they had to drive back up to Gros Morne, which is about a 3 hour drive.

Photo: My mom and stepdad, Kirk, taking in the hidden falls.

Billeting...Again

So I'm in billeting again. This time I'm staying with a man named Robert Dollard who is a retired teacher, and usually rents out his rooms to boarders, mostly during the college school year. Andy is also staying here.

The house is really nice, our rooms are big, and they look like hotel rooms. Each room has an internet connection, so Andy's in heaven. I have to use the house computer anyway, so it doesn't help me much.

Robert is a great cook, I have to watch that I don't eat too much, it would be easy to gain a lot of weight here.

I'm having a good time here, but I'll be glad to get back to the Katimavik house too.