加载中…My-First-Canoe-Trip–Algonquin-Park-Day-4
(2018-10-08 08:36:40)
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This was the last day
of our canoe trip. Our plan for today was to hike the nearby
Booth's Rock trail and then go home.
The
water and canoe were so easily accessible, so I jumped in our kayak
as soon as I stepped out of our tent. DH joined
me.
We
paddled to the back of our campground. It was a marsh like river,
blocked by falling trees and a bridge about 200m from the entrance.
We spent quite some time here to closely observe a blue heron.
We've seen several blue herons on this trip, but this one wasn't
shy at all and didn't fly away like they normally do even we got
very close.
That brave and friendly blue
heron
I
feel that birds look bigger at distance. Is this a strange thing?
First time we saw wild turkeys at Lynde Shore Conservation, they
looked huge like ostriches at distance. But when got closer, they
were just normal sized turkeys. At the daunting Kooy Pond on this
trip, I spotted two huge birds, sized like adult deer to me,
waddling in the middle of the marsh. When they flew over the sky,
they were blue herons.
Anyway, we left the friendly blue heron to
Whitefish Lake. DH suggested we go back for breakfast and then pack
our stuff to hiking. I insisted to paddle some more. That's the
difference of us. Then he said something like, you only have this
much time, if you spend more time here then you will have less time
for hiking. I didn't want to hear that at all.
Don't
worry about the hiking yet. So we paddled to Whitefish Lake. It was
a good two hours on the water. I felt satisfied, so we came back
and dropped our kayak and paddles on the beach for the staff to
collect them.
He
packed the tent and gears and I cooked instant noodles with eggs
for breakfast. The Booth's Rock trail was a 5km loop, with some
moderate up and down climbs. It was a nice enough trail itself, but
there were bonus: mushrooms. There were everywhere.
The
average hiking time on this trail was around 2 hours. We spent
almost 5 hours on this 5km trail. We were so excited and took lots
of pics of the mushrooms. That was why DH suggested we stop the
paddling earlier because he knew exactly we would not rush the
hiking, and what would happen was that we would go home late. And
that was why we were night driving often on our Cross-Canada trip
last year. You always spend more time on trips than you
planned.
Pine
trees I love. Most forests here are less than 100 years old due to
early settler activity caused uncontrolled wildfires.
We
finished up the leftover peanut butter bagels by the water after we
finished the trail. It didn't bore us with eating peanut butter
bagels everyday. That was a surprise too. And this was the first
camping trip that we packed exactly the amount of food we needed.
No leftovers, no waste.
It
was a perfect trip. Every activity was absolutely wonderful. I
didn't even miss/worry Tony.
I
didn't feel tired at all, but fell into sound sleep the moment I
sat down in the car. He was very sleepy too. So we stopped on
highway 60 to get some coffee and ice cream.
The
traffic was incredibly good. We expected and prepared for traffic
delay today, but no jam at all. We were on road at 4:00, and got
home at 7:00, unbelievable.
Tony
was already home. He enjoyed his trip too. I was very
happy.
Tips:
Canoe
trip map is of course a must. But you also want a GPS, or cell
phone with GPS, to tell you where you are. It's not hard to lose
sense of direction on the water and also to miss a narrow water
path which you are supposed to follow. I would suggest a compass if
you aren't confident enough with directions. I totally relied on my
very-good-with-direction husband on this.
Be
prepared for shine and rain, even the weather forecast said it
would be perfect day for each day of your trip. You would end up
very miserable with unexpected weather if you weren't. We were just
too lucky on this trip, weather wise. Most portage trails won't
cost you too much time, so don't be afraid of packing a rain
coat.
Give
yourself enough buffer time for unexpected events. It could be
anything, weather, wrong wind, injury, missed entrance caused
detour, water condition like we experienced, just to name a few.
Cell phone will be totally useless to call for help on the interior
canoe trip.
Bring
enough food, more than enough, even weight of your backpack is a
concern to you. You will have very good appetite. Instant noodles
are very good options if you camp for couple of nights. They are
light but you make yourself satisfying soup at the end of the long
day if you like noodle soup like me. We had bagels with peanut
butter for most of our meals. They are easy to store and to fill
your stomach. We only had one night interior camping, so cannot
provide more tips on meal plans.
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