Sunday, June 6, 2010

Thomas Raddall Park

Another new experience, our first weekend at Thomas Raddall Provincial Park. What a great time. Our friends Ed and Liz joined us for a fabulous weekend of camping and walking the trails and beaches. We arrived Friday, late afternoon, as is our custom. Ed had arranged a rather unusual gift, my very own jackknife. He is never without his and suggested I should follow the same rule. Apparently I will discover a thousand and one uses for it now that I have it. I will carry it for a while to see how it works out. I did find it handy today to carve up a tick that had invaded my body.

After a good nights sleep we got up Saturday morning ready to hit the trails. My knee felt to be in good shape so out we went. The beaches are rugged in places, sandy and calm in others. Below we see Gabby retrieving a big stick from the depths of the Atlantic ocean. She was quite proud of herself.


















On Saturday Ed came up with another of his surprises, a jacknife for Kathy. A real beauty too and with the same instructions, to carry it at all times. Kathy seems to think she will use her knife a lot at work. Our beach walk ended just before the afternoon rain. This gave us the opportunity for a well deserved nap. By the time that was over we had another short beach walk before getting supper underway. The topper was a delicious strawberry shortcake that Kathy made with fresh Valley berries and real whipped cream. Yum.

Sunday Morning we headed out for our final walk of the weekend. We trudged thru the hardwoods ending up on the beach again where we saw seals and a mink in full retreat. I should mention the fresh bear poop we saw in the woods. That kept us on our toes for a while. Deer tracks too but no deer observed. The morning ended with a shared lunch with Ed and Liz followed by our goodbyes and departure from the park. We had a great time and look forward to returning to this wonderful place.

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