On our way out of the Lomond Provincial Park, we found a moose very near the road in the woods... we stopped and Suzanne got out and started speaking to it trying to coax it out for a better photo opportunity...  surprisingly, it did not run off but walked with us along the road, just staying a few trees into the woods, nibbling on the branches.... I moved the Jeep along as Suzanne walked and kept the door open just in case the moose got too friendly suddenly...  We both were out of the car taking photos and trying to catch it out from behind the trees....   we stayed until the moose finally wandered deeper into the woods...  this one appeared to be a medium size female...

Then we drove on to the village of Trout River where we were to purchase the tour tickets at 12:30... since we were early we drove through the village area following a road along the ocean  near the fishing docks....     we finally came to a dead end near the boats and turned back... along the dock there was a fisherman cleaning his catch and selling it to a small local crowd standing on the dock with him....   we went back and followed the road down to Trout River Pond, and found our way up a gravel road to an overlook high above the end of the pond.... there we took several photos using the tripod we had brought along so we could both be in the picture.... then we sat and enjoyed the view for a half hour until we had to leave to catch the tour boat...

Because of the haze in the air (it was a balmy 82 degrees) there were not many great photo opportunities so I did not include any here.... we did drive past the Tablelands on the the highway side and stopped...  These hills and rocks are significant because they are made up of materials found only very deep below the earth's crust....  they were formed millions of years ago when the continents were "floating" and collided at this point... this caused some of the formations at the bottom of the ocean and below to be pushed up on top of the surface at this point...   this is a very unique location for geologists to study formations that might otherwise not be available to them elsewhere..... no vegetation can grow on the material because of its content, so it is sometimes referred to as the desert area in Gros Morne.....  The boat ride was enjoyable, but not as exciting as the tour through the fjords in the western brook last week....   This is a beautiful area with many contrasts though....  an exciting place to visit...