Day Five
We woke up late this morning in Sleeping Giant. The sun was actually shining. Had a good breakfast of french toast and pancakes (chocolate chip crepes) prepared and cooked by Brenna and Kaitlin.
Mom checked the weather forcast. Take note, it was to be a high of 17 and mainly sunny with clouds in the evening and showers overnight. We all went to the vistors centre which was a quick walk down the road from our campsite. We did not see Gimpy the deer that had been hanging around that corner the evening before. In the centre they had a map of the park and you could record your animal sightings. We also found out that the fox of a different colour that we had seen crossing highway 17 the day before was a black fox.
We went to the Joe Boy Nature Trail, about 15 kms down the road out of the park to do our first Geocache. We were all commenting that Bears probably would be asleep by this time of day, 11.30 am, but around a few turns we spotted another one eating dandylions. The name of the Geocache was Attack by BearAttack. (For those who have no idea what I am talking about, a Geocache is like a treasure hunt for adult boys! Someone hides a box or such thing with a few goodies in it, and then marks the spot with their GPS. They then leave clues and co-ordinates on the web for other adult boys and their families to go chase down. They are to bring something to leave in the box and take something out. Our girls donated a Betty and Veronica comic book and took an eraser and Ukrainian magnet.) Back to Attack, Stewart mused that this cache might be like a Farside Cartoon with a couple of Black Bears with a laptop trying to lure people into the bush! The trail was easy compared to our previous hike and went beside a lovely fast moving "brook" (a small river really). We were successful in finding the cache after some searching with the GPS and more importantly Margot's good eyes for something that was out of place.
We headed back east on Highway 17 to Ouimet Canyon. A 1km wheelchair accessible hike to the most incredible canyon in Ontario! A geological wonder! This thin canyon is over a 100 meters deep and it is so narrow that under the moss on the the floor of the canyon is snow that never melts. As a result are tundra plants that are found in no other place except 1000 kms north!
By this time say 3PM it was totally cloudy and starting to rain. We headed for home to get dinner going and try to get to bed early. It rained or poured all evening and going to bed at 9:45 in the rain it was still so light that you could read in the your tent without a flashlight. We wnt to sleep with the distant call of a fog horn on Lake Superior. The rain stopped around midnight and the blew things dry overnight.
A note to Uncle Craig and Grandma Ruth. Thanks for all the camping pots. I have been using a combination of the two sets. The G.R. frypan is fantastic as you said it would be. Craig the little collapsible grill is proving to be extremely useful. Thanks from the chief chef!
One last note on wildlife today we saw 2 porcupine and several deer on the way home.
At Sleeping Giant (raining)
Our campsite at Sleeping Giant Provincial Park
Joe Creek Nature Trail in Sleeping Giant Provincial Park
Ouimet Canyon
Ouimet Canyon
Ouimet Canyon
Mom checked the weather forcast. Take note, it was to be a high of 17 and mainly sunny with clouds in the evening and showers overnight. We all went to the vistors centre which was a quick walk down the road from our campsite. We did not see Gimpy the deer that had been hanging around that corner the evening before. In the centre they had a map of the park and you could record your animal sightings. We also found out that the fox of a different colour that we had seen crossing highway 17 the day before was a black fox.
We went to the Joe Boy Nature Trail, about 15 kms down the road out of the park to do our first Geocache. We were all commenting that Bears probably would be asleep by this time of day, 11.30 am, but around a few turns we spotted another one eating dandylions. The name of the Geocache was Attack by BearAttack. (For those who have no idea what I am talking about, a Geocache is like a treasure hunt for adult boys! Someone hides a box or such thing with a few goodies in it, and then marks the spot with their GPS. They then leave clues and co-ordinates on the web for other adult boys and their families to go chase down. They are to bring something to leave in the box and take something out. Our girls donated a Betty and Veronica comic book and took an eraser and Ukrainian magnet.) Back to Attack, Stewart mused that this cache might be like a Farside Cartoon with a couple of Black Bears with a laptop trying to lure people into the bush! The trail was easy compared to our previous hike and went beside a lovely fast moving "brook" (a small river really). We were successful in finding the cache after some searching with the GPS and more importantly Margot's good eyes for something that was out of place.
We headed back east on Highway 17 to Ouimet Canyon. A 1km wheelchair accessible hike to the most incredible canyon in Ontario! A geological wonder! This thin canyon is over a 100 meters deep and it is so narrow that under the moss on the the floor of the canyon is snow that never melts. As a result are tundra plants that are found in no other place except 1000 kms north!
By this time say 3PM it was totally cloudy and starting to rain. We headed for home to get dinner going and try to get to bed early. It rained or poured all evening and going to bed at 9:45 in the rain it was still so light that you could read in the your tent without a flashlight. We wnt to sleep with the distant call of a fog horn on Lake Superior. The rain stopped around midnight and the blew things dry overnight.
A note to Uncle Craig and Grandma Ruth. Thanks for all the camping pots. I have been using a combination of the two sets. The G.R. frypan is fantastic as you said it would be. Craig the little collapsible grill is proving to be extremely useful. Thanks from the chief chef!
One last note on wildlife today we saw 2 porcupine and several deer on the way home.
At Sleeping Giant (raining)
Our campsite at Sleeping Giant Provincial Park
Joe Creek Nature Trail in Sleeping Giant Provincial Park
Ouimet Canyon
Ouimet Canyon
Ouimet Canyon
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