July/August 2018 Long Range Mountains of Western Newfoundland, Canada

After separately touring Newfoundland with their wives, Bob and Dave were joined by Carol and Tom for 17 days exploring Western Newfoundland's Long Range Mountains, the spectacular Gros Morne National Park and segments of the work-in-progress International Appalachian Trail (IAT). The group backpacked about 75 miles of primitive trail and cross-country travel over three different segments of the IAT from the southern end of the Long Range to the far north, day-hiked about another 40+ miles in Gros Morne NP and elsewhere (including more IAT segments), and still had time to tour highlights of Western Newfoundland, most notably the famous L'Anse aux Meadows site of the first verifiable Viking settlement in North America. Afterwards Dave continued on to the northern Labrador coast before returning through some of the most remote accessible parts of Quebec.