{"id":1401,"date":"2010-09-21T21:45:50","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T03:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/tr-newfoundland-grand-bank-21-aug-2010\/"},"modified":"2010-09-21T21:45:50","modified_gmt":"2010-09-22T03:45:50","slug":"tr-newfoundland-grand-bank-21-aug-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/tr-newfoundland-grand-bank-21-aug-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"TR: Newfoundland- Grand Bank (21 Aug 2010)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a long time since I&#8217;ve posted anything on this blog.  Life has been enormously crazy for these last few weeks.  But, now, I&#8217;ve finally found the time to post.  And I have a lot of TR&#8217;s to catch up on!  Please bear with me \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>I left off by posting pictures from my trip to <a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/brittanysblog\/2010\/08\/postcards-from-newfoundland\/\">Newfoundland<\/a> and the French island of <a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/brittanysblog\/2010\/08\/tr-st-pierre\/\">St. Pierre<\/a> which lies just off the coast of Canada.  I have one trip report left which I&#8217;d like to share- from Grand Bank.<\/p>\n<p>We returned to Newfoundland from St. Pierre via the <a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/brittanysblog\/2010\/08\/tr-newfoundland-ferry-to-st-pierre\/\">ferry<\/a>. We had a little time to spare before heading all the way back to St. John&#8217;s, so we decided to check out the town of Grand Bank along the way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/GrandBank\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_8075grandbanks.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/GrandBank\/IMG_8075grandbanks.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more Read more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/GrandBank\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_8064grandbank.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/GrandBank\/IMG_8064grandbank.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Grank Bank has a rich history in fishing.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/GrandBank\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_8066grandbank.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/GrandBank\/IMG_8066grandbank.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/GrandBank\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_8069grandbank.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/GrandBank\/IMG_8069grandbank.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Captain James Cook explored the area over 300 years ago and found himself in Grand Bank.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/GrandBank\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_8069grandbank2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/GrandBank\/IMG_8069grandbank2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The George C. Harris house.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/GrandBank\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_8067georgeharrishouse.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/GrandBank\/IMG_8067georgeharrishouse.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After checking out Grand Bank, we headed over toward Berin, enjoying the beautiful sights.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/GrandBank\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_8079berin.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/GrandBank\/IMG_8079berin.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/GrandBank\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_8081berin.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/GrandBank\/IMG_8081berin.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/GrandBank\/?action=view&#038;current=IMG_8084berin.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Newfoundland%20Aug2010\/GrandBank\/IMG_8084berin.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From Berin, we headed back to St. John&#8217;s, enjoying one last night in Newfoundland.  I was happy to be heading home, but glad to have been able to experience what Newfoundland and St. Pierre had to offer a tourist with an affinity for off-the-beaten-path places.  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nLinks to other Newfoundland and St. Pierre blog posts <\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/brittanysblog\/2010\/09\/tr-newfoundland-grand-bank-21-aug-2010\/\">Grand Bank<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/brittanysblog\/2010\/08\/tr-st-pierre-on-bikes-20-aug-2010\/\">St. Pierre on Bikes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/brittanysblog\/2010\/08\/tr-st-pierre\/\">St. Pierre<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/brittanysblog\/2010\/08\/tr-newfoundland-ferry-to-st-pierre\/\">Ferry to St. Pierre <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/brittanysblog\/2010\/08\/postcards-from-newfoundland\/\">Postcards from Newfoundland<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/brittanysblog\/2010\/08\/tr-newfoundland-fortune-19-aug-2010\/\">Fortune<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/brittanysblog\/2010\/08\/tr-newfoundland-cape-spear-18-aug-2010\/\">Cape Spear<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/brittanysblog\/2010\/08\/tr-newfoundland-signal-hill\/\">Signal Hill<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/brittanysblog\/2010\/08\/tr-newfoundland-st-johns-17-aug-2010\/\">St. John&#8217;s<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a long time since I&#8217;ve posted anything on this blog. Life has been enormously crazy for these last<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}