Amelie Hikes the East Coast Trail – Day 15

THE BEACHES PATH HAS BEEN CONQUERED! Today was a busy day on the Beaches Path – we met a handful of through-hikers and dozens of day hikers in addition to the 6th grade class from St. Bernard’s Elementary and hundreds of high schoolers from Bay Roberts Amalgamated. It was a busy day for us too, since this Read more about Amelie Hikes the East Coast Trail – Day 15[…]

Amélie hikes the East Coast Trail – Day 12

HARRIGAN’S CONVENIENCE TO CAMEL BEACH This was another community cleanup day. Amélie started hiking from the trailhead at Ragged Beach and made it to Camel Head Point before the rain started. We plunked Amélie in the carrier, put up the hood, and ran back to the car fearing a downpour. When we got back to Gallows Read more about Amélie hikes the East Coast Trail – Day 12[…]

Amélie hikes the East Coast Trail – Day 11

COMMUNITY CLEANUP DAY Today’s hike took on a very different form. After a morning of assisting the Kinsmen in coordinating the annual Witless Bay Community Cleanup and transforming a huge pile of garbage into a humpback’s tail, we left the house heading south and cleaned up the roadway as we walked towards the trail. Progress Read more about Amélie hikes the East Coast Trail – Day 11[…]

Amélie hikes the East Coast Trail – Day 6

UPPER RED COVE TO SOUTH HEAD Today is one of the days we’ve been dreading for the past week: the half-way point between the Witless Bay and the Bay Bulls trailheads. We have to carry Amélie more than three kilometres to the start of her hike, knowing that we’ll have to carry her all the way Read more about Amélie hikes the East Coast Trail – Day 6[…]

Amélie Hikes the East Coast Trail – Day 2

ALDER HILL TO BEARS COVE INN We leave the house at 11am, with Séb carrying Amélie up to Alder Hill Road, where we’d called it quits the day before. We manage to get to the house nicknamed “The Tolt” before Amélie asks Séb to pick her up again. This time, though, Séb explains that he’ll Read more about Amélie Hikes the East Coast Trail – Day 2[…]

Amélie hikes the East Coast Trail – DAY 1

Can a toddler hike the whole East Coast Trail… BY HERSELF? Maybe it’s possible. Maybe it isn’t. We don’t know yet. But our two-and-a-half-year-old, Amélie, is giving it a try. The rules are simple. So simple that there’s only one, which Séb has taken to call “The Rule of the Hike”: She takes every step. We hold her hands & help her keep Read more about Amélie hikes the East Coast Trail – DAY 1[…]