Terra Nova in the Sun

We’ve been doing a lot of driving lately so today we stayed in the park.

We found a trail about 10 miles away that was short and moderately difficult. After a few hundred yards through the trees we came out on a rocky slope.

It was pretty steep, but not too difficult. We had come from those trees…

and we were heading to that bald knob.

Yes, those are stairs on it.

Thanks to these easy to see and informative trail markers I know this hill is granite. Another marker said the rocks were scored by glaciers. What was more remarkable to us was that in many places the rocks were polished smooth enough by the glaciers to shine in the sun. But my camera eliminated the reflection so I couldn’t capture that.

It didn’t take too long for us to reach the top.

We took a few minutes to rest…

and soak in the sun and views.

Then we went back down, which was actually more difficult.

On the way back we took a side road a mile and a half to Blue Hill. The overlook was just down a short path from the parking lot. This is the highest point in Terra Nova National Park at 653 feet.

It was a great day to see the park from there.

653 feet might not seem too high, but you are very close to the sea. Our last stop had a foot bridge over a bit of the bay and this jellyfish was just about to float under the bridge on the outgoing tide.

Beauty is everywhere here.