Amélie Hikes the East Coast Trail – DAY 42

WATER COVE TO PORT KIRWAN’S BELLE MAISON (minus Kingman’s Cove Rd.) Heather was teaching today, so I (Sébastien) decided to do an easy hike with the girls. Since the northern section of Bear Cove Point Path is a solid ATV trail, I felt it was a great place to go. This is a BEAUTIFUL woodland section of the ECT. Read more about Amélie Hikes the East Coast Trail – DAY 42[…]

Amélie Hikes the East Coast Trail – Day 40

DAY 40: MOTION PATH WITH THE CBC/RADIO-CANADA, THEN A CAKE! A while back, CBC/Radio-Canada’s Philippe Grenier got in touch with us to ask a few questions about Amélie’s ECT thru-hike project. He asked to do a segment on it for the news, and we happily accepted. After a few email conversations, we decided to meet him at Petty Read more about Amélie Hikes the East Coast Trail – Day 40[…]

Why we Hike – A Family History

WHY WE HIKE: A Family History “Who are you?” asked the little prince, and added, “You are very pretty to look at.” “I am a fox,” the fox said. As organizers of the graduate student orientation, my friend Jed and I were serving hot dogs to the incoming class of Memorial University grad students when I first Read more about Why we Hike – A Family History[…]

Amélie hikes the East Coast Trail – DAY 34

CALVERT WHARF TO CASTLE HILL Since we had a few hours to kill this afternoon, we decided to do a bit of the community link between the Cape Broyle Head Path and the Caplin Bay Path. Lucky for us, two fellow gammybirds (people from Witless Bay) were also sightseeing in Calvert, so we got a ride Read more about Amélie hikes the East Coast Trail – DAY 34[…]