Corner Brook, Beyond, and Back

Greetings blog readers! We finally are able to make a post and we thank you for your patience. So many things have happened at this point that it makes little sense to follow the strict chronological method we were employing before, so we'll tell you some stories, and then do some posts in a slightly different fashion. Last we left you we were on our way to Corner Brook.

As you may have guessed, we made it just fine. Upon arriving we found it to be quite a lovely little town with a nice coffee shop and bike store, both of which were of use to us. We whiled away the hours and enjoyed the fact that we had only had to go down the hills in what was a town that appeared to be steeper than San Francisco.

We also attempted to contact someone we had found on couchsurfing.com. No luck but we found a lovely camp site that night along the bay.


We enjoyed Corner Brook so much that we had a hard time tearing ourselves away the next day.

We lounged around our camp site and read.



Dominic and Gretta developed a mutually beneficial headrest system.

And we also enjoyed some live music at the park downtown. Dominic and Gretta tore up the rug, as is their custom. On their way back from the stage...


The day was relaxing and rejuvenating and we did finally make contact with Ryan from couchsurfing. He graciously hosted us, and we had a wonderful time with him, even though we had to climb the steepest hill so far this trip to get to his house. 20-30 minutes of cranking non-stop. We slept in beds, took showers, and did laundry all for the first time on the whole trip. Awesome...

Ryan, who is originally from Portland, OR, left early in the morning for an exam--Corner Brook has a university--and Nick snapped a picture of him on the way out. Coffee in hand. Thanks Ryan for the hospitality. We needed it!


We needed it because we had big plans, and like the rest of them so far, none of them involved showers or laundry any time soon. From Corner Brook, we were off to Gros Morne National Park and, if all went to plan, well beyond there.