Beautiful St. John’s Newfoundland

July 3rd and July 4th
Sunday morning was cool and wet and foggy but we decided to hike to Signal Hill no matter what the weather was. We headed down the city walking path and then started the climb up to the top of Signal Hill. Signal Hill is where Marconi sent the first wireless transmissions across the Atlantic Ocean to England.
Once we got to the top it was fogged right in and from 50 yards you could not see the Tower. So a bit of a downer as normally you can see all the main harbour of St. John’s and all the way to Cape Spear. Anyway we decided to take the hiking trail down and it was much better because at a certain point we got out of the fog and could see the harbour lighthouse and the rest of the harbour basin.
Monday morning we woke up and the sky was clear as could be and visibility was unlimited so we decided to hike to the top of Signal Hill once more. This time we were going to take the trail up and then come down the main road.  
The only difference besides the fog was that now the wind was blowing at 60+ km’s so we were getting blown all over the place walking the trail and you had to make sure you were holding on at certain points and had secure footing.
The interesting thing about this hiking trail is that it is part of the Trans-Canada Trail system and probably the only place that part of the trail crosses a persons home deck near the end. Oh and it is probably the only part of the trail in Canada where you have to hang on to a chain secured to the mountain because the ledge in narrow and it’s a 300 ft drop to the ocean.

Finally, not too far from where the trail comes back into the City is the Memorial of Mile “0” where Terry Fox started his Marathon of Hope.