Last night we came to the conclusion that we had set ourselves a fairly arduous schedule, that had us spending too much time getting from A to B to C. We therefore modified today’s schedule from around 350kms driving down to about 175kms.
After breakfast we decided it was time to get in a decent walk. As luck would have it there was a nature trail along the Indian River, a short distance from the hotel.
Outside View of the Hotel
View Along River from Hotel Garden
The walk started with 75 steps down to the waters edge, of course the “what goes down must come up again” principal applies here! We took a leisurely 2¼ mile walk along a well prepared, but somewhat hilly path. We found more of our yellow fungus friends.
After a couple of mandatory stops at quilt / fabric stores (we didn’t see a grocery store, but there were 2 quilt stores, a Home Hardware, Castle Lumber and another building store in this small town, guess they like making their own stuff), we headed about 20kms north to the village of Beachside. Again it is picture time.
Beachside Village
Lyn took advantage of the good weather to paddle in the Atlantic, 6 months ago she was doing the same in the Pacific. We didn’t reach the same temperature as yesterday, but it was a sunny 18C.
The water was remarkably clear, above is an “upside down” jellyfish,
and above is the same guy the right way around.
View Out to the Ocean
Boat up on Beach for Repairs
Snow Can’t be too Far Away, the Leaves are Turning!
We headed back to Springdale for some lunch, then hit the TCH for a 90 minute dive to Deer Lake.