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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - Interesting views, even from the trailhead parking!
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - Nature and stails getting along...
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - The legend has it these windy mountains were named by Cpt John Cook
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - Ben starts out
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - Ben on the lower slopes
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - Larry on the lower slopes
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - The views open up on the lower forested slopes
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - A lovely bench!
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - Some need rope assist to manage this steeper bit with loose dirt
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - Views from the trail's second viewpoint
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - Stumps are great nurseries for new plants
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - What views from even from midway up!
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - The trailbuilders created several viewpoints along the way
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - Evidence of the occassional high winds in the area - hence 'Blow Me Down'
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - Dappled light in the lower forest
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - The trail was better than it looks in the picture
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - Ben arriving at the second viewpoint
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - Midway pano
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - Sarracenia purpurea, the purple pitcher plant, is Newfoundland's provincial flower, and the only pitcher plant found in Canada
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - Sarracenia purpurea, the purple pitcher plant, is Newfoundland's provincial flower, and the only pitcher plant found in Canada - these are the pitchers that trap bugs
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - More wild blueberries!
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - A handful of scrumptiousness
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - A large plateau stretches north and west from the summit
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - An extreme zoom shot of the pulp mill at Corner Brook, 40 km's away
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - A Song Sparrow came to check us out
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - Nice to see they have Harebells here too
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - Larry picking blueberries
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - A Pitcher Plant with York Harbour in the distance
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - We had seen Bluebead Lilies in fruit at Gros Morne, but only got good pictures of them here
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Cape Blow Me Down Trail Summit Hike - Mainly very good trail all the way