Our time here in North Island is winding down. Tomorrow I am driving down Island to meet with Richard and Georgia and will bring Georgia back to stay a few days with us. Saturday or Sunday, we will head down to Campbell River then to Seal Bay RV Park at Comox for our RV rally week.
Our hike objective was far beyond the left peak on that hill. To get there, we waded past this point to reach the trail leaving the beach. On our return, the tide was higher and we had to take a trail over the top which wasn't great.
The sign welcoming us to the only trail to the top
Typical trail conditions
The trail was crisscrossed with roots all the way
But, the view was pretty darn good making the trip worthwhile. The main reason though for us old fools to head up here was a geocache on the peak right behind where I'm standing. There was another halfway up on the trail. This is looking down into Sea Otter Cove.
And 90 degrees to the left is San Josef Bay. That little dot of sand in the top left is close to where we started. The first forested hill is the left one we looked at from the beach where we waded.
Since we couldn't wade around the point, this is descending to the beach from the lousy trail over the headland.
I stopped at Beaver Lake the other day for a geocache and found these great reflections
A four legged water creature?
We had a bit of rain so I wandered around looking for water drops
Here's a Scotch Thistle that looks like a chicken
Evening light
Fireweed
Monkey Tree
River reflection