We arrived on Thursday June 29th in the late afternoon for an extra long Canada Day Weekend with our favourite Estonian, Aare, and his lovely cat, "CC".
Aare has a bungalow in Benoit's Cove with a lovely seaside view. Our first evening was spent catching up over drinks and a yummy dinner of roast pork loin.
Friday started with a hearty breakfast including both bacon and sausage (true decadence) before it was off to the Coppermine trail for a lovely hike in the afternoon followed by a playtest of Sons Of York on Friday night.
Saturday we drove to Gros Morne in the morning and stayed overnight at Terry's B&B in Norris Point. On the way, we stopped at the Wiltondale flea market where Christos procured a pair of $5 camouflage army pants.
We hiked Burnt Hill (in Norris Point) on Saturday afternoon and enjoyed a lovely beach side walk before devouring BBQ steak with (recently picked) morel sauce for dinner!We had big plans to hike on Sunday (a nice 10km route) but inclement weather changed our plans and we ended up driving back to Benoit's Cove in the mid afternoon.
Dinner was yummy fish and chips from the nearby place that we had discovered the prior year.
Sunday night was spent playing two matches of "Castles of Burgundy", a fun board game into the wee hours over copious beers.
At one point we went out for a break by the water but the day's wet weather (and a few beers) resulted in Christos going down off Aare's accessway into the ditch (and mud).
No injuries were reported.
After a bacon filled breakfast on Monday morning, we opted for a drive to the nearby OBIEC supported trails near Lark Harbour to work off the fat!
We ended up doing two lovely hikes including our now much recommended Bottle Cove trail.
The weather once more held for us and both hikes were wonderful.
Neither was too long (just under two hours each) and the views offered were stellar.
As always, our local guide Aare knew what agenda was right for all three of us.
Tuesday it was time to return to Toronto, although not until later in the day.
We finished off the last of the breakfast goodies we had brought and then lounged at Aare's place playing board games until the late afternoon.
An uneventful drive saw us get to the airport for an uneventful but safe flight back to Toronto late on Tuesday night.
