Gros Morne Park

yesterday morning we left Stephenville in a thick fog (" sea fog", according to Beaver ) but it burned off quickly and we were left with really nice weather except for an incessant wind that after awhile becomes a real aggravation, but according to the locals it's always windy here so you make peace with the wind and motor on. Gros Morne National Park is about half way up the coastal highway going north and was a major treat. The ocean is on one side of the highway and most impressive mountains on the other. These mountains arise abruptly from the near sealevel landscape and shoot skyward with a vertical face...dramatic! As we ride along the vegetation takes on a more subartic look like we encountered in the Yukon with low growing bushes and scattered groves of stunted spruce, hardwoods, and lodgepole pine.We end the day in Port au Choix, a small fishing village of about 600 people.The towns economy revolves round a shrimp processing plant which ships worldwide. The shrimp from these cold waters is smaller than warm water shrimp which makes it more suitable for salads and such ,at least according to the waitress at the hotel. ....boog