15 yrs in the sticks

K and I had the most excruciating but best experience ever!

      We did a hike-in camping trip for one night at Tee Harbour. It was a total of 22km round trip after hiking to the top of the giant. We hiked 6.5 k into the site and dropped off our stuff and set up. We left on a thursday, didn't pay the parking fee, and began to hike. The way there seemed very short. After setting up we were pumped. We made it to the top of the giant and danced our silly little hearts out.. I thought K was going to die trying to find the edge. We ate a lot, took a nap and finally, headed back to camp.

    We went to the "beach" and napped in the sand for a bit while listening to the only station that was reachable -- our favourite -- the country station!!!!!!!!!! After finishing a bottle of wine, we had a nice bonfire and were exhausted so headed to bed (even after the naps on the beach, rocks, and hammock). For the first hour, it was impossible to sleep. I got spooked by a loud noise in the bush. It was a buck. I went outside and chased the buck out of our campsite like a crazy woman. It continued to come back until the buck and I had a 1v1 with rocks as weapons. When I look back I have no idea why I wanted it out of our campsite?? It wasn't harming us?.. anyway, that happened. But it was a warm night but damp. In the morning, I awoke to the buck standing outside our tent :-).
     The hike back to my car was the worst ever. It felt like it took 2 days. We came back on Friday and everyone seemed to be heading out so we looked (and smelled) very grungy! We were joking around that we had been out in the wilderness for 15 years. Every corner we turned we had crossed our fingers it was the Sea Lion bridge. When we finally got to it I ran ahead with arms open yelling "FINALLY 15 YEARS AND WE ARE OUT! KALI THEY REBUILT THE BRIDGE!" Just my luck there was a guy fishing off the bridge when I got to it.
When we hit the sign that it was 0.7 km to the parking lot I was so desperate I began counting my steps to see how close we were. When we got to my car I had a 30$ parking fine. I felt really accomplished after this trip.

Packing list:

•  lantern              
•  hammock
•  sleeping bag
•  tent
•  pillow
•  food
•  flashlight
•  towel
•  knife
•  bearspray
•  speaker
•  radio
•  lip balm
•  bug spray
•  sun tan lotion
•  sanitizer
•  water filter system
•  water bottle
• lighter, matches, flint
• spork
• camera
• sunglasses
• rope
• pot
• axe
• hat
• first aid kit
• socks

HO

1 hour and 45 minutes later we made it to a secret spot. I will not release the name at this time because many humans are stealing our spots lately.
What bothers me is they act like they have discovered it. NO i was there 89 weeks ago you didn't discover this place it's actually very popular!
Or, they do this thing where they go to a city park and call it an adventure; well you should probably leave your house more often if thats an adventure.
An adventure is when you go into the unknown with fear. The adventure brings you adrenaline and happiness in the end.
*****
back on track, WE FOUND AN AWESOME WATERFALL :)
saw some ppl on the way out on a rough dirt road and talked to them.. too much logging happening, theres no such thing as trees in some areas out there!
also found a potential camping/kayaking spot (booyah!)

Made a cool vid, found a geocache, took some pics, climbed some cliffs

Flat Tires and Sleeping Bags

WE GOT A FLAT TIRE AT THE BORDER.
My car sounded like a helicopter it was terrifying.
Pros:
got taffy taffy
didn't have to pay duty??
stopped at lil trouty bay
Cons:
didn't get to go on intended hike
sat there for 2 hours
stressful
boring

Anyways, we went to Little Trout Bay bc it is a must for every season! Very beautiful as always

The Descent is the Worst Part

        Today we tried a hiking trail near the Pigeon River Border Crossing. This one was very fun! It starts out with a wooden boardwalk and it is a very well-maintained trail. It takes us in a zig-zag up a steep hill at the end to an amazing lookout! It's called Finger Point because of the shape of the final ascent. Not sure why I didn't bask in the beauty of this location, I only stayed up there for 10 minutes. I felt tight on time because K had to work but that 4 km hike only took us about 1 hour total. It was a really nice day and a little challenging with snow still on the trail. K fell and will probably have a bruise on her knee from this day, it is very slippery going down any hills of this hike in winter!!!! I would recommend this hike in winter or summer though, the lookout is unbelievable!

I hope to come back here so I can enjoy it more, I always seem to be in a rush on hikes and although I appreciate every second of them sometimes I wish I took it all in. 

We are planning to complete all the trails at this hiking spot within one day. This includes: high falls, middle falls, and The Lookout.

3rd Time's a Charm

We've decided we will go to Little Trout Bay once a season. It's nice in any season, even in -40 degree weather. The ice today wasn't fully frozen so we couldn't walk across like we had planned. This is the first time I have used my GoPro on our hikes and it worked great!! I will bring it on all of our adventures now! 

Anyway, here are the GoPro photos in 1080p wideview. Most were taken on time-lapse I cannot wait until warmer weather to continue with these adventures!! I miss those sweaty hiking days.