With some decent weather finally making a day of hiking possible, we headed up to Algonquin on Saturday hoping to do the Whiskey Rapids trail. This trail suffered damage during the flooding this spring, and only opened a week ago. We were really curious about how much the trail had changed, and if there would be any signs of just how high water had gotten.
The plan was to hit the visitor centre first, ket the kids spend their gift certificates, then hit the Tea lake Dam picnic area, cook up some hot dogs on mum's BioStove. She'd bought this in the early summer and hadn't had a chance to try it out. Then we'd do the trail and head home.
Unfortunately, when we were paying for our things at the gift shop, the lady working there told us Whiskey Rapids was closed again because of flooding.
What? We couldn't believe it! After all summer of wanting to check this out, it closes again after only a week. We couldn't help but laugh. Unsure what to do, and with the trails having a bit of ice on them, we decided to play it safe and just do the Spruce Bog Boardwalk trail. Kind of a a let down, but it was better than sitting at home watching the kids play video games.
On the way to Tea Lake Dam, we saw two moose! We hadn't expected to see much in the way of wildlife. It was a cow and her baby. On the way through the park earlier in the day we saw a six point buck. Biscuit barked a few times, not crazy barking but the little woofs he let out made the moose raise their heads, giving us better photo opportunities. I should say it gave everyone else photo opportunities. I was seating in the middle of the back seat, holding the dog. No matter where I tried to move, there was either
Once we got to Tea Lake Dam, we hunted for dry sticks, which wasn't easy. Thankfully, the BioStove lights easily and it takes hardly any time to get enough heat going to cook some hot dogs on the grill attachment.
All in all, it was a great day. The temperature dropped pretty low by the time we ate, but otherwise, it was a great day.
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