Holly HIKE!!! (Monday, July 10th)

It's a beautiful day to wake up by the ocean!  We have a jammed packed schedule today.  Another reminder that the time wasted with the truck really altered our plans.  We would love to spend more time here and would have had the luxury of time but right now we are squeezed for time.  We have a lot of things to do today and we want to be in St John's tonight (3 hours away).  Me and Gab take the time to go play by the ocean while Justin finishes to close up the trailer.  Our iceberg that we nicknamed the Twin Towers moved closer to us overnight.  The towers are not as big as they were when we first got here though.  Off we go! We head on through the beautiful village of Bonavista.  Justin really is in love with the beautiful houses.  We are really happy happy that the weather is so nice.  We are going to hike the Skerwink trail this morning.  A 5.3km moderate to difficult hike that has been rated in the top 25 hikes in North America and Europe by the ... .magazine.  We have prepped Gaby and she is ready to go and assures us she will do it without even 'chialer' (complaining)! As we get closer to Port Rexton, we are a little saddened because there is a good fog layer.  We stop at a gas station where we think we have to turn to get to the start of the trail and the attendant tells us we should leave our trailer here as there isn't much room.  So we unhook the trailer and head out.  Once we arrive, Justin realizes he forgot his hiking boots in the truck.  So he heads back with Bones and I start the trail with Gaby and James.  Within the first 2km we are blown away.   The fog is far enough and we are spoiled by the views.   Not only is the view beautiful but there are whales putting on a show for us!! We wait there for Justin to catch up to us and are entertained by the whales while we wait.  The entire hike is beautiful.  I wouldn't rate is as difficult but there are many steps and it is up and down a lot.  I decide to keep James on my back!  Training for the race in September!!  We are very proud of Gaby who does it all with no complaints! We came across a few people on the trail but it's a joy to share this beautiful site with everyone else who love it just as much as we do.  The free whale show is so much fun....we could sit there all day trying to spot them.  Once we are done, we stop at the trailer for a quick bite to eat and to the next village - Trinity.  First, we go to the lighthouse that we had a beautiful view of on our hike this morning.  James is sleeping and he hasn't napped all day so I let Justin and Gab go and explore.  Next, we go to Trinity.  I didn't really know what to expect and was imagining a real life Upper Canada Village but without people in character.  We went to the houses that we included with our Provincial park pass and skipped out on the others as it was already 4 and everything was closing at 5.  It was nice but I could have skipped it.  Justin on the other hand appreciated it.  We leave to pick up our trailer and I suggest we stop and eat on the way in order to break up the drive.  I promise Gab that we will grab an ice cream when we get the change.  We pass Clarenville and bad mistake on my part, there is nothing else along the way.  The kids are being really good.  Justin on the other hand is not a happy camper.  He is hangry!  About 60kms from St John's we pass a subway on the highway but this time he just drives by.  I think we just want to push through and get to St John's.  About 20mins away, James starts crying screaming but he passes out in no time.  Poor thing he is tired.  We arrive at Pippy Park in St John's.  The camping attendant is not pleasant and charges me 250+.  I question it after she has put my card through and she had us booked for 6 nights.  Her mistake as there were 2 Paquette's booked in.  Then we head to our site and it's too small.  Now, we are tired!  We go back, have our site changed for the pull through sites.  Setup and another snag.  They only have a 50amp plug and we don't have a converter.  We want to go pick up food anyways so we google Canadian Tire and are off.  None at Canadian Tire, none at Walmart across the road but we do pick up a chicken meal at Swiss Chalet.  Feed everyone and bedtime!