Sep 2021
Gros Morne — western Newfoundland
Gros Morne NP · NL · 49.6538 N 57.7523 W
One of the last big Newfoundland trips before the move back to Toronto.
national park fjord country with Cherry
A foodie, a traveller, an ice-cream lover — keeping a field log of the trips, trails, and small adventures.
A slow record of parks, trails, day-drives, roadside diners, and the small moments that turned out worth writing down. Six of the years below (2016 – 2022) happened while I lived in Newfoundland; the rest anchor around Toronto.
§01 · Log
Adventures
Reverse-chronological. Entries land here when they land.
2016 – 2021 Aug 2021
Frenchman's Cove & Dildo Run — NL provincial loop
NL
Two Newfoundland provincial parks bookending a slow drive along the coast.
2 parks NL coast with Cherry
Sep 2020
provincial park granite barrens with Cherry
Aug 2020
La Manche — abandoned outport
La Manche Provincial Park · NL
Down to the ruined outport at the bottom of the trail.
provincial park outport ruin with Cherry
Aug 2019
PEI & Fundy — the Maritimes loop
PE · NB
Ferry across the Confederation, slow arc back through New Brunswick.
2 national parks 2 provinces with Cherry
§02 · Index
Parks
National & provincial parks I've slept in, plus the shortlist.
NP · NL · 01
Terra Nova
Newfoundland, CA
May 2019
NP · PE · 01
PEI National Park
Prince Edward Island, CA
Aug 2019
NP · NB · 01
Fundy
New Brunswick, CA
Aug 2019
PP · NL · 01
La Manche
Newfoundland, CA
Aug 2020
PP · NL · 02
Butterpot
Newfoundland, CA
Sep 2020
PP · NL · 03
Frenchman's Cove
Newfoundland, CA
Aug 2021
PP · NL · 04
Dildo Run
Newfoundland, CA
Aug 2021
NP · NL · 02
Gros Morne
Newfoundland, CA
Sep 2021
TR · NL · —
East Coast Trail
Avalon Peninsula, NL, CA
2016 – 2022 · many sections
PP · ON · —
Algonquin
Ontario, CA
near-home · shortlist
PP · ON · —
Killarney
Ontario, CA
near-home · shortlist
NP · ON · —
Bruce Peninsula
Ontario, CA
near-home · shortlist
NP · QC · —
La Mauricie
Québec, CA
near-home · shortlist
NP · AB · —
Banff
Alberta, CA
west · first trip
NP · AB · —
Jasper
Alberta, CA
west · first trip
NP · BC · —
Pacific Rim
British Columbia, CA
west · shortlist
§03 · In memoriam
Cherry
2014 – 2025. Co-pilot for every trip through the summer of 2025.
in memory · 2014 – 2025
Cherry · Toronto → St. John's · 21 Jun 2016
Eleven years, riding shotgun the whole way. She was almost two when we drove east together in June 2016 — the photo is from that trip. The six years in Newfoundland that followed, and every park on the list above, were with her along.
§04 · Day job
Work
Kept here for anyone who found me through work. Not the point of this site.