Camping in the most Scandalous Provincial Park, Only in Newfoundland - E.8
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- Опубликовано: 16 мар 2024
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Join us as we dive into Day 11 of our epic 32-day journey from Ontario to Newfoundland and back. Today, we're leaving Gros Morne National Park after having spent the last 7 days here.
Today was moving day, as our next night was booked for a location that was 415 kms (257 miles) away. In order to get there, we had to pack all of our gear back into our little car, but first, some pancakes! After breakfast we checked out the oTentik sites which kind of blend a cabin with an A-frame tent. The Green Point campground has a number of options for camping depending on what your up for which was really neat to check out. From there we headed down the road to the Mattie Mitchell National Historic Site and Trail which is along Route 430. This tranquil 250 meter loop interpretive path gently meanders through the forest towards a serene stream, narrating the tale of Mattie Mitchell and the Mi'kmaq people of Newfoundland along the way.
Next up was the town of Kings Point that had an interesting sounding trail. The trail was called the Alexander Murray hiking trail and it was an absolute gem to stop at, have a picnic on one of the picnic tables and walk a portion of the trail. This was the perfect halfway point to our destination to stretch our legs after having hiked the 17 km Gros Morne Mountain the day before.
At the visitors center, located at the start of the trail there was some very helpful and informative people who provided us with a map and what to expect on the trail. Unfortunately we did not have time to complete the whole thing but we hiked to one of the 3 waterfalls located along the trail and stopped at a few of the many lookouts. After the trail we did a quick drive through of the Kings Point area before continuing back along the Trans Canada highway to the town of Grand Falls-Windsor for some groceries.
Once we were all stocked up with some fresh food for the next few days we eventually arrived in the interestingly named Dildo Run Provincial Park. By this point in the day it was getting late and was starting to rain once again, so we quickly setup a tarp and our tent underneath. As we were doing this we noticed a strange earthy aroma with hints of brine. We later discovered this was due to an accumulation of seaweed starting to decompose in the ocean only a short distance from our site. It was not a pleasant smell, but luckily we were only here for one night.
We cooked dinner in the dark with misty rain and then promptly climbed into our tent for the night. After another long day we were grateful to lay down on our double wide air mattress and fall asleep to the pitter patter of rain drops on the wall of our tent.
Trail Ratings:
Alexander Murray Hiking Trail: 8kms - Moderate Difficulty
2 to 3 hours, 2200 stairs, 335 m (1100 ft) elevation to highest point, lots of boardwalks.
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2,200 steps? I’ll wait here 😂
Okay, I googled the park to find out how it got its name. I’ll share the part that I’m hoping doesn’t violate the RUclips community guidelines or whatever it’s called….
* The place name "Dildo" is attested in this area since at least 1711, though how this came to be is unknown. *
There’s lots more but I’ll leave that for the truly curious to find on their own. It’s not hard
to find. Parts of what I read had me laughing so hard I’m in pain. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Hahaha oh my goodness, thanks so much for sharing this, it had us in stitches, laughing. It is definitely a unique name and as you will see in future video's, Newfoundland is full of interestingly named places.
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I’m only 40 minutes from Climax, North Carolina 😎
Great adventure in Newfoundland.........Take care, Bluefin.
Thanks, it truly was a great adventure. Thanks for stopping by our channel and leaving a comment.
Very cool trail with all those stairs and waterfall. Cant imagine the upkeep on that boardwalk.
Your not wrong, the one broken board we showed in the video was one of the very few, the rest were in very good to almost new condition. An impressive amount of work went into constructing this trail.
That park will be hard to forget.
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We hopped over to check out your videos. Wow, new bucket list location
You won't be disappointed mate, our only disappointment was that we couldn't stay longer
Wow! Very cool. Now, honestly, how many jokes about the name were made. :)
Hahaha 😆 way to many, that could have been a whole video on its own!
This hike is on our to do list as we have 5 nights at Brighton . My question was going to be what month was this but you gave the answer signing in the guest book .
Thanks for all the time you put in the videos .
Pretty much the whole month of August, we can't wait to hear all about your experience.
Nice park with a tremendous amount of infrastructure on their hiking trails. Just subscribed. Great content and will check out more of your channel. Cheers!!
Thanks, Jeff, we appreciate the kind words. Have you been to the area?
@@Tents.and.Timber No, not yet. My wife and I went to the east coast last September. Mostly in Nova Scotia, got chased by the big storm.
@@JeffMacCulloughThe East Coast received some brutal weather last year, so much rain then some fires, it was all over the place. Thats what makes it an adventure though.
What a great hike! An excellent workout on those stairs.
There's also a town called Dildo on the Avalon pennisula 😂
The stairs had our hearts pumping for sure! There may or may not be plans to visit that town you speak of, stay tuned for updates. Have you been?
@@Tents.and.Timber No never! But my family and I are moving back to Newfoundland at the end of June so maybe it warrants a visit! We've lived away from the island for a long time due to my husbands work, so all visits back were family visits but now we have time to check out the places we
haven't been to yet, :)
@@buckets_on_bridges709that sounds awesome, there are so many places to visit and see in Newfoundland, we will definitely be back one day
Not sure if "Scandalous " is the right word in the title
Thanks mate, We are always open to suggestions
Dildo run is a nice camp my brother in law grew up in twillingate. I remember someone asked him where to find Dildo Run and he said "just down at the end of Virgin Arm" .. LOL ( yes, actual place name)
Hahaha that's hilarious, Newfoundland definitely has some "interestingly" named places that is for sure. Twilingate was lovely and we were disappointed that we couldn't stay longer as it looked like there was a ton of trails to explore in the area.