Better Weather Than We Dared Hope

Terry Fox Mile 0 Memorial, by the Battery, St. John's.

The Weather Network told us this would be our best day. So the plan was to do the North Head Trail. Locals have used the trail for about the past 250 years to get to the top of Signal Hill. Parks Canada has more recently taken it over. It's a loop trail, very demanding to go up; less demanding to go down. We took an alternative path to go up (along Signal Hill Road mostly) and benefitted from gravity working in our favour as we forgot our fear of heights and enjoyed the view on the way down. 

That's my foot on the edge of the trail and a representative example of the drop off.

Adirondack chairs set by Parks Canada at points on the trail offered chances, as Bruce demonstrates, to live ones' best life.

It's still too early for whales, but there were a few icebergs 

Cuckold's Cove: the white speck in the middle of the shot is an eagle.

We've noticed that St. John's is a little empty. On the holiday Monday, along Water Street downtown, there was nothing but panhandlers, the guys working on the new water mains and a few other tourists. Today, there was more traffic, but the touristy spots were still mostly deserted. It was wonderful. We ran into only a dozen or so people on the trail and witnessed all alone an eagle getting the bum's rush from a raven by Cuckold's Cove. 

Tomorrow is forecasted to snow and rain, so we'll be making the most of the great indoors.

Thanks for reading!

Karen