Murtle Lake - Day Three

Today, after a good sleep and a good breakfast of scrambled eggs and bannock, we started canoeing at about 10:00. It was quite a warm morning, and the lake and mountains around us were beautiful!

We stopped for lunch at one of the campsites and sat on a rock by the lake to eat lunch. It was beautiful to see the sun shining on the water - I tried to get a picture of it, but I couldn't really capture it as well as I wanted to. Since fruit leathers were a staple for us, Martin decided he should do an ad for them. That's what that picture is about :)

We made it to the far end of the north arm by 1:30. After setting up camp, we tried to find an easier way to carry the canoe - knowing that Saturday morning we'd have to do that portage all over again. We managed to find some nice small pieces of drift wood that we tied to the yoke that would function as handles. It seemed to work pretty good. After that, we just read for a while. It was a nice (although cool) afternoon. The evening was as usual - eating supper (Fettecini Alfredo with chicken), and then sitting by the campfire again before we headed off to bed.

I know I've said it already, but we were amazed at the scenery in the north arm of the lake. We had Murtle mountain right in our "backyard" and many other beautiful mountain peaks around us. There were also quite a few waterfalls - a nice sound to fall asleep to!

Even though it's a bit hard to see, I thought I would include a map of the lake. The numbers at the campsites indicate how many tent sites there are. The first night we were at the "6" site at the bottom right. The second night we were at the "6" site part way up the north arm (by the two red hiking trails on the map). The third night we were at the "4" site at the very end of the north arm.