Surprises on a Sunday
20 November 2011
Alex, VERY WINDY !!
Albeit a truly very windy day we opted to go for a bit of a Sunday Drive with a mission... head up to East River Marine just to see if our lovely Banyan had been shrink wrapped and ready to withstand winter... we got there to see that she hadn't, but the wooden frame was up, so she's definitely next on the list and ready to go, so here's hoping that that happens this week sometime.
Since we were in the area and needed some (ok, lots) of exercise after our Sunday Chickenburger feast, we drove across the way to Graves Island Provincial Park.
This past summer we had spent a lovely evening anchored in Scotch Cove overlooking the Park... We had dinghied ashore then but never got to do a full island walk-a-bout and voila, here we were today...
Surprisingly it took us close to one hour to do the whole walk-a-bout, a nice walk on a gravelly path, with a fantastic ocean view no matter which way you turned. As always, great to breathe in the salty air combined with the cedar muskiness of the woods, while walking among the spectacular almost winter colours.
At the top of the hill we found ourselves staring down at a concrete slab establishing that particular spot as Canada's First Geocache Plaque (date stamped June 2000). We're not geocachers, but admittedly stumbling upon this plaque in the middle of a campground, was a bit of a surprise. I can easily see where the thrill of actually geocaching would be addicting, especially if one is picking up/leaving behind objects of desire.
All in all a Sunday full of Surprises. Totally fun.