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2018-08-11, 12, & 13 Day 13-15 - Tour Cape Breton, Hike the Skyline Trail, Hammer Down and Head for Home

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Had fantastic weather for the last 3 days. left North Sydney early on the 11th after the ferry docked. I was parked near the front of deck 5, so I was one of the 1st people off of the ferry.I went counter-clockwise around Cape Breton - and had a lovely tour. I will post a bunch of pictures - which will give you an idea - but you really need to go see it. I was still tired from the Gros Morne climb - so even though it would have been a perfect night to setup the telescope as well as just naked eye for the Perseids - I was in bed by 9PM. Middle of the night - I hear the rain pounding down. BUT - when I get up in the morning - everything is bone dry. LOL - I had a DREAM about it raining that seemed so real that when I got out of bed in the morning and it was dry - it was actually disorienting. Off I went to hike the Skyline trail, and drive around to finish seeing the country. When I go back to my campsite, I started getting organized to setup the telescope that night. That was w
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2018-08-09 & 10 Day 11 & 12 - Climb Gros Morne, Tour the SW Coast

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So, yesterday morning (Day 11) dawned as a blue sky day - and I decided I would try the Gros Morne Climb. The sign said 4km to where the loop starts, and the total hike is 16 km. Well according to my Google Fit phone and watch - it is 24 km. Yikes. Plus - after the 4km - about the next 3 km is a very steep scramble up a gully full of broken stone. My light duty hiking / running shoes are really not sturdy enough. At the top - the sign says you are at 806 m - which sounds about right - I think 650 of those are the scramble up the gully! The trails loops around the top and and then down the back. And a ton of it - maybe 45% is on this broken scramble - so hard work. As I sit here waiting for the ferry 24 hours later - my feet and hips are still sore. The views were just spectacular - it is worth the work - but if you had asked me that yesterday - I would have spit on your shoe - assuming I could work up the moisture to spit. So - let me tell you what I did wrong. The info said to tak
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