Jen and Dave: Adventuring

After a cozy night of sleep – this is way more comfortable than backpacking – we awoke to breakfast. Jen tried a “Full Scottish Breakfast” (minus the mushrooms), while Dave had porridge with “real Canadian maple syrup.”

Our driver then shuttled us back to Sannox to begin our hike. After hopping across the stream on concrete blocks, we followed a path along the beach edge.

Eventually the path joined an old forest service road, and the walking was excellent despite the drizzle and wind that would plague us most of the day.

After some quick-paced progress, we started to slow down as the trail entered endless forests of bracken ferns, aka the car wash.

As we came to several headlands, the trail remained a trace through the ferns, though the footing got trickier as we stepped up and down slippery, wet rocks.

We eventually reached Hutton’s Unconformity, which I understand is pretty cool for geologists. The trail also improved here, which was cool for us, and we made progress back to warm showers and a hot meal.

Highlights un-photographed included two frogs, a gray seal, a mouse running across Jen’s toes, more oystercatchers, and cormorants.