A hiking we will go - Tracey Hill Hiking Trail

There are plenty of exciting hiking trails around here and with the views just from the road I'm pretty excited to see what the views are from some of these trails. First up, Tracey Hill Hiking Trail. There are two trails here, you can either go along the shore, called the Boney Shore Trail or hiking a million steps up Tracey Hill. What did I opt for? The stairs... but only because it was a buggy day and me, with my irrational fear of bugs didn't want to risk my sanity so lets gain some altitude and hope for more wind. Both of these trails are located in Red Bay, Labrador a historical basque whaling site. The views are amazing here and it only gets better as you climb those heart attack inducing stairs, all 689 of them.

I was game for it though, we could do this, Boone and Woof with me if anything they'd drag me along. They list this trail as easy but if you're like me and not in shape it might be a bit of a winded walk to say the least. It started off easy enough a little boardwalk trail, even when the stairs come up it doesn't seem so bad, they aren't steep steps. There are rest areas along the trail, with a picnic table and coin operated binoculars, but I'd personally just bring your own if you have a pair.

Also through the trails there are little descriptive panels that you can stop and read about the history of the area. Pretty neat and interesting. The wreck of the Bernier is still in on the rocks and there are tours to it as well as Saddle Island where there is the lighthouse and a bog cemetery among other interesting bits.

The views were amazing and if you look really hard in this second picture you can see a few BIG icebergs. Not much tree wise, it's pretty barren but it gives you these clear views for miles, there was even still snow on some of the hills!

Happy dogs, happy me, beautiful scenery in Red Bay, Labrador. Definitely going to feel this in the morning...